I Walked with a Zombie Page #5

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INT. BETSY'S ROOM -- NIGHT

This is a small but lovely room with white plastered walls.

As in the rest of the house, the furniture is not the usual

tropical porch furniture, but is neat, serviceable

furnishings such as an well-to-do family established for a

long time in any given place would acquire. There is a nice

four-poster bed with pineapple carving, a dressing table with

a little Chippendale chair before it, and a maple rocker so

old it has turned a hard, brown color that softly reflects

the highlights in the room. On the wall is a little mirror

in a carved Spanish frame. There are no pictures or other

ornaments. A woven grass rug lies on the floor. Betsy is

seated before the dressing table, putting the last touches to

her hair. She has changed her clothes and is wearing a

simple, linen dress. There is a discreet rap on the

jalousied door which separates the room from the garden.

Betsy crosses the room and opens the door. A colored man in

a butler's white jacket stands there. This is Clement.

CLEMENT:

Miss Connell -- it's dinner.

BETSY:

Thank you, Clement.

He stands aside and lets her step through, goes ahead of her

and precedes her down the garden path.

EXT. GARDEN AT FORT HOLLAND -- NIGHT

Betsy and Clement pass the fountain. The figure of St.

Sebastian gleams wetly in the rays of the candlelight. On

the covered porch in front of the living room, a dinner

service has been set out on a long mahogany table. As she

comes forward, Betsy sees a handsome young man waiting for

her. This is Wesley Rand. The table by which he stands is

set for two and lit by candelabra in great glass hurricane

lamps. The table is laid with white linen, and the

candlelight gleams on silver and cut-glass arranged in the

most formal manner. The table itself is a beautiful mahogany

structure with elaborate carving, and the four chairs which

surround it are massive Victorian pieces. A fifth chair

stands by the wall. Rand steps down into the garden and

extends his hand to Betsy.

RAND:

Miss Connell -- I'm Wesley Rand.

Paul asked me to introduce myself.

They shake hands and he takes her elbow to guide her to the

table.

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