ROBERT
Do you want to leave your husband?
(Francesca is completely stunned
and thrown off guard.)
FRANCESCA No.
Of course not. (rising, upset)
(Beat. Awkward silence. Suddenly there is
tension
between them.)
ROBERT
My mistake. I apologize.
FRANCESCA What
made you ask such a question?
ROBERT I thought
that's what we were doing -- asking questions.
FRANCESCA (defensive)
I thought we were just having a conversation.
You seem to be reading all this meaning
into it. Meanings I must be too simple to,
uh... interpret or something.
ROBERT I already
apologized.
(Silence. Robert remains
seated. Francesca remains at the sink.)
ROBERT (cont'd)
It's getting late. (rises) Thank you for
dinner.
(Pause. Francesca feels badly.)
FRANCESCA Listen,
I'm sorry I --
ROBERT No,
no. Forgive me. I made a mistake. It was
an inappropriate
thing to ask.
FRANCESCA (shrugs
it off, then)... I feel like something's
been spoiled now.
(Robert smiles and crosses to her. He takes
her hand into both his hands.)
ROBERT It's
been a perfect evening. Just the way it
is. Thank you.
(Francesca smiles. The
possibility of a kiss hangs in the air between
them until Robert turns to get his film
out of the fridge. As he exits through the
screen door, he stops.)
ROBERT (cont'd)
One thing though -- don't kid yourself,
Francesca. You're anything but a simple
woman.
(He smiles and exits, catching
the screen door before it
slams.)
(Francesca doesn't move for a moment, then
crosses to the door as if to run after him
when she is stopped by the PHONE )
(RINGING. She picks up.)
FRANCESCA
Hello?
RICHARD (on
phone) Franny?
FRANCESCA Richard,
hi.
RICHARD (on
phone) How are you?
FRANCESCA Fine.
Everyone settled
in okay?
RICHARD (on
phone) Just fine. We're all in one room.
Michael's on the couch and Carolyn's...
(continues...)
(She hears Robert's truck
door open and close. She hears the motor
being turned on. She half-listens to Richard.)
FRANCESCA Uh-uh...
good... Hmmm...
(She hears the truck driving away as Richard
continues.)
RICHARD
(on phone) We got our position in the Fair.
Not bad although I would have liked to be
third which is not too early and not too
late. But I told Carolyn not to worry...
(continues, if needed)
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items:
Francesca
is completely stunned and thrown off guard.
Francesca 大吃一惊,感到不直所措。Back
