Croupier Page #2

GILES pops a coin into the slot machine, pulls the handle,

waits.

JACK:

Interesting, Giles. I will think

about it.

The machine spits out several coins. GILES takes them.

GILES:

Let me give you three words of

advice, Jack. Don't give up. Stick

with it. Who persists wins. That's

my motto. Write, write, write.

JACK nods, extends his hand. A firm handshake.

JACK'S VOICE

Jack had three words for, Giles.

Go f*** yourself.

Meeting over. GILES smiles goodbye, pockets his slot machine

winnings.

INT. JACK'S BASEMENT FLAT - SITTING ROOM - DAY

The untidy evidence. To the accompaniment of the music, a

discordant version, three dog-eared copies of 'The Invention

Of The Wheel', A Novel by JACK MANFRED. Worn furniture. A

pile of literary magazines. Two elegantly arranged vases

of flowers. Women's fashion magazines. Books everywhere,

including 'Scarne on Gambling', 'The Education of A Poker

Player', 'Delta of Venus' and other books by Anais Nin. A

woman's dress, back from the cleaners. A framed etching of

Cape Town, South Africa, in the eighteenth century.

Finally...

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