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INT. TUDOR'S APARTMENT -- MORNING

In his bathroom, Nicholas Tudor is cleaning his teeth with

microscopic attention to detail using an elaborate compressed-

water device called a water-pick. Tudor is thirty-nine, not

happy with his work as an insurance appraiser, and has

recently adopted a general air of terse, sullen desperation

as his primary mood.

His wife, Janine, calls to him from the kitchen, where she

is just putting the finishing touches on breakfast.

JANINE (V.O.)

Breakfast is just about ready, Nick.

Tudor pointedly doesn't answer, but continues with the water-

pick until he is completely satisfied. He carefully packs

the machine away, then leaves the bathroom.

In the dining room, Janine is putting breakfast on the table.

Tudor sits down without a word and begins to eat. Janine

returns to the kitchen and comes back with a cup of coffee

in each hand. She puts one cup in front of Tudor, sits down,

starts to drink the other one. After a pause, she speaks.

JANINE:

Can I call you at the office?

TUDOR:

What do you want to call me at the

office for?

JANINE:

I don't know. I just thought I might

want to call you. I don't know.

TUDOR:

I won't be at the office except to

sign in.

(he eats heartily,

not looking directly

at Janine)

I've got a lot of claims to check

out. All over the place. Garages and

more garages.

(noticing Janine's

silence, he finally

looks up)

I'll come home right after work.

Janine continues to toy with the food in her plate. She shrugs

once, as if to say, 'Big deal, so what?' Tudor ignores her

and finishes breakfast.

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