Four Rooms Page #4

No, I can't.

BETTY:

Sam ran this place by himself for fifty years.

TED:

Yeah, and he had fifty years of f***in' practice, too. I

haven't had a day.

BETTY:

Look, Teddy, calm down--

TED:

--Don't call me Teddy.

BETTY:

Ted, the night's cake. It's easy. The day's when it's busy.

During the night there's nothing to do.

TED:

It's New Year's Eve.

BETTY:

Which'll make it less busy than normal. Ever worked on

Christmas? Unless you sell turkeys, business is dead. You

just got butterflies, that's all.

TED:

What I have ain't butterflies. I can't handle this hotel all by myself.

Betty slows the scene down.

BETTY:

Okay, let's calm down a minute. Slow it down, cool it off.

Let's just talk.

TED:

You can say any goddamn thing you want--

BETTY:

--Ted? I thought we were calming down? I thought we were

cooling off? No hostility. Say good-bye to hostility. We're

just talking.

TED:

Okay . . . okay . . . okay . . . I'm calm, I'm cool, let's talk.

BETTY:

Ted, in a nutshell, all you have to do is hold the fort. It's

New Year's Eve. Most of the guests are going out. You'll

just be giving them a little nod as they come staggering in

at three . . . four . . . five . . . in the morning. Nobody's

having any parties, a few get-togethers, but no parties. You

got about three people checking in tonight, that's it. The

only variable is Chester Rush in the penthouse.

TED:

Chester Rush? The guy from The Wacky Detective?

BETTY:

Yeah, him and his entourage checked in last night. They're

in the penthouse. The only reason I refer to it as a variable

is that he's a movie star. Ya never know about movie stars.

I'm tellin' ya, Ted, it's cake.

Betty takes a piece of paper and writes her number down.

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