The Body Snatcher Page #5

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MED. FULL SHOT -- The doorway to the sitting room, SHOOTING

PAST Georgina and her mother. Framed in this doorway is the

tall, robust figure of Dr. Douglas MacFarlane, a man in the

prime of life, dressed with almost flamboyant foppishness and

carrying himself with the assurance that the world is not

only his oyster, but that he has it pinned on a fork and can

swallow it and digest it with pleasure.

THREE SHOT -- Georgina, Mrs. Marsh and Dr. MacFarlane.

MRS. MARSH

(rising)

Dr. MacFarlane?

He half-bows in acknowledgment.

MRS. MARSH (cont'd)

I'm Mrs. Marsh -- this is my

daughter -- Georgina.

She fumbles in her reticule and pulls forth an unsealed

letter which she passes to the doctor.

MRS. MARSH (cont'd)

Dr. Maximillian of Leyden asked me

to present this to you. He thought

you might examine my little girl.

While she is speaking, Dr. MacFarlane has opened the missive.

MACFARLANE:

(as he reads)

Maximillian -- a very famous

colleague of mine. I'm delighted

to honor his request.

With an expansive gesture he points to a door. Mrs. Marsh

pushes the wheel chair toward the living room door.

DOLLY SHOT -- the entrance to the sitting room.

MACFARLANE (cont'd)

(over the child's head to

Mrs. Marsh)

Born paralyzed?

The little girl shrinks from him at the bluntness of this

question.

MRS. MARSH

No. It was an accident.

INT. SITTING ROOM -- AFTERNOON

Although it is late afternoon the lamps have been lit in this

part of the house. Mrs. Marsh wheels the chair into the

middle of the room and then stands to one side so that Dr.

MacFarlane can examine the child. Meg Cameron stands by the

window.

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