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          (E)  - /h7/ /h8/ TIME CODE: 53:30

         The matre'd & Waitperson after the others leave:

                         WAITPERSON
                I'm terribly sorry about all of this . . .

                        MATRE'D
                Brad/Brenda, I'd be less than candid if I didn't
                admit that, well, I'm very disappointed in
                you.

                        WAITPERSON
                I'm sure you are, sir.  I only hope you
                realize that there were extenuating
                circumstances.

                        MATRE'D
                Why didn't you come to me if you had personal
                problems, financial problems?

                        WAITPERSON
                I didn't think that was the way to go about
                it, sir.

                        MATRE'D
                Selling drugs was the way to go about it?

                        WAITPERSON
                Sir, without meaning to sound defensive, you'd
                be surprised how much drug trafficking goes on
                during one of our cruises.

                        MATRE'D
                I'm not sure what that means -- you haven't
                told me everything?

                        WAITPERSON
                Yes, as far as I'm concerned -- I'm saying
                that I've seen drug deals take place before.

                        MATRE'D
                Other crew members besides yourself are
                involved?

                        WAITPERSON
                That's not what I mean, sir -- among the
                passengers, I've seen dope exchanged, and also
                used, more than once.

                        MATRE'D
                During a cruise?

                        WAITPERSON
                Yes, sir.

                        MATRE'D
                And never brought it to my attention?

                        WAITPERSON
                No, sir.

                        MATRE'D
                I don't see any extenuating circumstances
                there.

                        WAITPERSON
                The extenuating circumstances are that
                everyone's doing it, sir -- the guests
                brought the dope here, the--

                        MATRE'D
                What kind of dope?

                        WAITPERSON
                Marijuana, mainly.

                        MATRE'D
                You've seen guests here shoot up marijuana--

                        WAITPERSON
                Smoke it, sir -- you don't shoot it.

                        MATRE'D
                Smoke marijuana at my resort, right here
                at Edgefield?

                        WAITPERSON
                Yes, sir.  Many times.

                        MATRE'D
                Many times.  Jesus, Brad, I don't know what to
                say to you.

                        WAITPERSON
                Try to understand me, sir -- what I'm saying
                is, it's a very common thing, people going out
                in the garden, wind in their hair, sun on their
                face, smoking a joint together -- it's as
                common as buying a gin and tonic at the bar.

                        MATRE'D
                Don't compare marijuana to a gin and tonic.

                        WAITPERSON
                They're both dope, sir.

                        MATRE'D
                Alcohol is not dope.  It's a drug, I'll grant
                you, but it's legal, it's not controlled by
                organized crime, it's not addictive, at least
                not in the sense that the true drugs are.

                        WAITPERSON
                With all respect, sir, I think you are
                misinformed about drugs overall.

                                MATRE'D
                I see.  That's all you have to say on the
                matter, that I'm misinformed?

                        WAITPERSON
                No, sir, I don't mean to criticize you.  I'm
                just trying to set the context for what I did,
                that drugs are everywhere, and it's not like
                I'm the first person to get involved with
                drugs around here.

                        MATRE'D
                That's hardly an excuse.

                        WAITPERSON
                I said "context," sir -- not "excuse."

        Trudy hurries into the area.  /en3/ TIME CODE: 55:00


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