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47.

VIOLET
I'm going, but before I do, I have
one more thing to saY. Don't You
r' ^ ;--- ever r{er to me as your 'girl'
)>ZhL /-- -as4in-Fe* no slr-r.-r-ani a Foman;--
W-O-M-A-NI I am not your wife, your
mother---
(DORALEE comes in -
pointing at DORALEE)
or even your mistress.
DORALEB
What? !

VIOLET
I amyour employee and I exPect to
be treated equally, with a litt1e
dignity and a litt1e resPect!
DORALEE
What do you meanr mistress?
VIOLET
Oh, come off it, Doralee. EverYone
knows you and Mr. Hart are having
an affair.
DORALEE
An affair! Who's been saYing that?
VIOLET
$Iho's been saying that? HE has-
(VI1LET staTks out as HART
backs away from a furious
D)RALEE. )

DORALEE
WHAT !

HART
Now, don't get uPset.
DORALEE
You've been telling everYone I'm
sleeping with you! That exPlains
why everyone's been treating me
Iike some dime store fJ-oozYl TheY
aII think I'm banging the boss!
 48.

DORALEE (CONT'D)
And you love it, don't You. It
gives you some sort of cheaP
ifrriff , like knocki-ng over pencils
and picking up papers.

I've put up with your grabbing and

chasing me around the desk 'cause f
need this job, but this is the last
straw! I've got a gun out there in
my purse and up to now I've been
forgiving and forgetting 'cause
that's the way f was brought uP but
r swear if you saY another word
about me, f'II get that gun of mine
(advancing on hin)
And I'11 change you from a rooster
to a hen with one shot!
(DORELEEstorms out as RaZ
rushes in. EART starXs
picking up his PenciTs.)
ROZ
(on her knees in fronX of
hin)
Oh, Mr. Hart, let me hetP You with
those.
(THEY end uP on their
knees, with HIS face
almost in HER cTeavaqe.
HE nearTY reXches. )
HART
(horrified)
For godsakes, just leave 'em.
ROZ
I'm sorry to bother You Mr. Hart,
but the new girl was sharing salarY
information.
HART
Dock her a week's PaY.
ROZ
ft isn't like she wasn't warned,
clearly outline in mY memo---