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        C/  Time: 2000


          (C)  /en9/ /en13/ TIME CODE: 20:00

         Susanne and Angelo enter the area.

                        ANGELO
                I still think you're sweet on him.

                        SUSANNE
                Sweet on whom?

                        ANGELO
                "Whom", how about that!

                        SUSANNE
                It's correct usage.

                        ANGELO
                Hey, I'm just giving you a left-handed
                compliment.  Sweet on that guy you were
                with upstairs.

                        SUSANNE
                Justin?  I told you, we're very old
                friends.

                        ANGELO
                He looks familiar.

                        SUSANNE
                He's not from Portland.  Well, he is
                originally but he practices law in
                San Francisco.

                        ANGELO
                I wonder if he ever gets to L.A.

                        SUSANNE
                It's a gigantic firm, I'm sure he might.

                        ANGELO
                Then maybe I've seen him in court.

                        SUSANNE
                Are you a lawyer?

                        ANGELO (ignoring this)
                No, I just hire them.

                        SUSANNE
                What do you do?

                        ANGELO
                A little of this, a little of that.  Tell me: You're a
                very intelligent lady.  So with a mind like yours,
                how come you're not married?

                        SUSANNE
                Perhaps because I have a mind.

                        ANGELO
                I bet you can come up with the lines all night.

                        SUSANNE
                But I already told you, you're not going to
                find out what I do all night.

                        ANGELO
                Hey, such suspicion!  You must be a lawyer
                yourself.

                        SUSANNE
                Let's just say, experienced and -- weary.

                        ANGELO
                So what brings you to this wedding?

                        SUSANNE
                I'm a friend of the bride's mother.  And you?

                        ANGELO
                A friend of the bride's brother.

                        SUSANNE
                You know Jack?

                        ANGELO
                What's the surprise?

                        SUSANNE
                Most of his friends are so . . . well, so
                different.

                        ANGELO
                Different from me?

                        SUSANNE
                Different from most of us -- who have
                employment.

                        ANGELO
                You mean the freeloaders he attracts?  Yeah,
                I've noticed that.  So tell me -- what about
                the sister, you must know all about her, too.

                        SUSANNE
                Are you asking me why she joined this cult?

                        ANGELO
                Cult, religion, whatever.

                        SUSANNE
                Cult.  I have no idea.

                        ANGELO
                Take a guess.

                        SUSANNE
                Perhaps they find her money . . . well, I
                think I best keep my opinion to myself.

                        ANGELO
                You think you could introduce me?

                        SUSANNE
                To Trudy?  I hardly know her.  Why do you want
                to meet her?

                        ANGELO
                Hey, to offer congratulations!  It's the
                strangest wedding I've ever seen but what the
                hell, you know, today people are doing it
                their own way, do your own thing, right?, so I
                can appreciate it even if I don't understand
                it.

                        SUSANNE
                Surely, Angelo, you're not so bashful that you
                can't approach the bride and offer
                congratulations.

                        ANGELO
                Well, there's more to it, actually.

                        SUSANNE
                I thought so.

                        ANGELO
                You see, I think maybe my brother joined this
                religion, and I've been trying to track him
                down.  I haven't had the opportunity to meet
                anyone in the church, right, because they're
                not too easy to approach, particularly when
                they're meditating, humming, whatever it is,
                which seems to be often.

                        SUSANNE
                Jack could help you more than I.

                        ANGELO
                Well, I talked to Jack about it, actually.
                I'm just trying to cover all the bases.

                        SUSANNE
                If Trudy will give you time, I'm sure Jack can
                arrange it.

                        ANGELO
                So what do you think, must be a little hard on
                the family, her joining such a strange church
                and all?

                        SUSANNE
                You're just full of curiosity, aren't you?

                        ANGELO
                Hey, if it was my daughter . . . You talked to
                the mother about it?  Which one is she, by the
                way?

                        SUSANNE
                She hasn't appeared yet.

                        ANGELO
                The mother missed the wedding?

                        SUSANNE
                I'm not sure.  And if you're going to ask me
                about the murder case, I have nothing to say.

                        ANGELO
                What murder case is that?

                        SUSANNE
                Excuse me, I forgot you're not from Portland.
                I'm surprised the L.A. papers haven't picked
                it up.

                        ANGELO
                Hey, now I really am curious.

                        SUSANNE
                It's not worth getting into, Angelo.  I've said too
                much already.  So if you'll excuså me . . .

                        ANGELO
                Thanks for the info . . .

        Susanne returns to A, to watch.  /ex9/  TIME CODE: 23:00

        Angelo goes to F. /ex13/ TIME CODE: 23:00

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