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Oliver comes over beside her near the mantel.

OLIVER:

I still don't see what it has to do

with you.

Irena looks down at the statue of King John. There is a

haunting look of memory in her eyes.

IRENA:

Those who escaped � the wicked ones

-- their legend haunts the village

where I was born. The past

remains...

She breaks off suddenly, conscious that she has spoken too

much and too frankly. A little ormolu clock on the mantel

strikes the hour. It is six. It is obvious that Irena

welcomes the interruption and she glances down at her own

wrist watch. Oliver takes the hint. He starts toward the

door.

OLIVER:

(as he picks up his

things)

Boys who come to tea can't expect

to stay to dinner.

INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE IRENA'S APARTMENT & STAIRWAY - TWILIGHT

Irena has followed Oliver out and stands in the doorway

Oliver turns to look at her.

OLIVER:

When am I going to see you again?

Tomorrow?

Irena nods with a smile, Oliver continues to the head of the

stairs and turns back.

OLIVER (cont'd)

What time tomorrow?

Irena shrugs her shoulders.

OLIVER (cont'd)

Dinner?

Irena nods and smiles at him.

SHOT of stairway as Oliver comes down the stairs. He reaches

a landing, turns, and looks up, Irena is looking down at him

from the bannister. They both smile. He continues down the

stairs. At the very bottom he looks up again. Irena is still

standing watching him. He smiles up at her and exits.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

INT. DRAFTING OFFICE - MORNING

WIDE VIEW. The Consolidated Ship and Barge Construction

Company has a handsome drafting office. Severe and modern,

it is nevertheless a room that immediately suggests

shipbuilding. A wide doorway opens in from the hall, in the

f.g. are three draftsmen's tables, glass-topped and lighted

from beneath. Behind them are several tables for other

workers. There are a number of rows of filing cabinets, and

at one side is a water cooler. The back wall of the office

is unadorned, wide, and slightly curving. At the moment, a

group of office workers are just starting to paste up the

sectional plans of a ship, entitled "PROJECT NO. 457," on

this wall. The ship's bow can be seen taking form in

detailed constructional profile.

Two of the three draftsmen's tables in the f.g. are now

occupied. Oliver sits working at one of them.

The center one is unoccupied. At the other one, a tall,

lean Englishman works. This is James Carver. At the back

wall, Alice Moore is supervising two workers, who are doing

the actual pasting. She holds in her hands a small sheet of

paper with the detailed mathematical measurements of the

project,

Beside her, Commodore Judson, head of the Consolidated Ship

and Barge Construction Company, stands watching the beginning

of the project with genuine delight. He is a bald, bearded

gentleman and would look like an amiable tramp rather than

the head of a successful shipbuilding company, if it were not

for the seamanlike neatness of his clothes.

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