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LA 10.13.91 7.

LUCY
Mina--is your ambitious Jon
Harker is forcing you to learn
that ridiculous machine--when he
could be forcing you to perform
unspeakable acts of desperate
passion on the parlor floor--
d. CLOSE ON MINA OVER LUCY *
MINA
Lucy, really--you shouldn't talk
about my fiance in such a way.
There's more to marriage than
carnal pleasures--
e. MEO. WIDE TWO-SHOT
Mina stands--the book falls to the floor.
LUCY
So I see ... much much more.
The girls burst into laughter. They sit on the floor, both

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breathlessly fanning pages to other etchings.
f. CLOSE SHOT - OVER GIRLS
on the open book •
MINA
He's so appallingly huge--
LUCY
They come much bigger.
BACK TO TWO-SHOT
Lucy pantomimes with her hands. Mina is aghast.
MINA
Lucy! Oh, can a man and woman
really do--
(searching for a
particular picture)

LUCY
I did--only last night ...
MINA
Fibber--you didn't.
LUCY

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Yes I did •.. in my dreams.
They laugh--Mina reflective •
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•· Mina enters into TWO-SHOT and greets him.

proper manner.

Jonathan.
MINA
What are you doing
He kisses her in

here?
Mina hugs him, smells liquor on his breath.
MINA
Are you drunk in the middle of
the day?
a. ON HARKER OVER MINA
HARKER
Drunk with success, Mina! And *
fine talk from a man•s wife-to-be.
You•re in the company of a future
partner in the firm of Hawkins and
Thompkins.
MINA
Jonathan!

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HARKER
My superior Mr. Renfield finally
lost his greedr mind, and I've
been prometed in his place.
b. ON MINA OVER HARKER
She flings herself in his arms. *
MINA
Oh, Jonathan, I'm so happy for
you. Then we don't have to wait.
We can be married right away--I
must tell Lucy--when, when?
HARKER
When I return.
MINA
Return? From where?
HARKER
I'm off to exotic Eastern
Europe.
MINA
You're leaving?