The Horse Whisperer Page #4

ROBERT:

Okay. We'll see you later then.

ANNIE:

Yeah. Bye.

Annie picks up the other line and her manner brightens, her

energy boosts...

ANNIE:

DON! My love, how are you? Did you

hear about Fiske?... No, suing is

too civilized. Can't we get your

friend at Le Cirque to serve him a

fatal piece of poached salmon?...

Ha, ha... That's even better...

EXT. CONNECTICUT COUNTRYSIDE - MORNING

LONG SHOT of the girls riding at an easy pacing, talking all

the time. Grace is an elegant rider, quite self-assured for

a 13-year-old... We come into the scene at the moment the

girls have just shared a secret or a fantasy. Judith is

giggling uncontrollably. Grace laughs as she says:

GRACE:

...Oh, come on! You think the same

thing!

JUDITH:

I just could never say it!

They stop at the end of the field, facing the woods.

GRACE:

Do you want to go around by the old

road?

JUDITH:

Why don't we just cut through the

woods?

Grace nods. They ride into the woods, continuing their talk.

EXT. WOODS - MORNING

The girls ride down, along a stand of hickories and poplars

to a RIVER. They stop the horses and their conversation, to

listen to the sound of the water. Below them, off in the

distance, they can just make out a two-lane country road.

GRACE:

You want to go down or stay along

the river?

JUDITH:

We already did the river. Let's go

down and across the old bridge. We

can circle back.

They begin to make their way.

INT. ANNIE'S OFFICE - MORNING

Annie's office is now crowded with a dozen or so employees;

sitting on the couch, on the window sills, on the arms of

chairs, against the walls... Paper bag emptied of bagels,

cream cheese, orange juice, paper plates...

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