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David sits alone at a table. He drinks milk. Behind him the Hotel Manager, a waiter and the Maid are speaking with Lisping Man. We cannot see him. We can only hear him.
HOTEL MANAGER
Are you the man in Room 186?
LISPING MAN
I am, yes.
HOTEL MANAGER
I imagine you know that
masturbation is not permitted in
the rooms or in any other area of
the hotel.
LISPING MAN
Yes.
HOTEL MANAGER
And yet it has been brought to my
attention that you continue to do
it. [To the Maid] Had he ejaculated
when you found him?
MAID
We don’t know. There was water
everywhere in the bathroom because
he’d just had a shower, so we
couldn’t tell.
HOTEL MANAGER
Were you looking at a photograph
while you were masturbating?
LISPING MAN
Yes.
HOTEL MANAGER
What did the photograph show?
LISPING MAN
A naked woman on a horse in the
country.
HOTEL MANAGER
Do you have it with you?
LISPING MAN
No. It’s in my room.
HOTEL MANAGER
If I were in your shoes I wouldn’t
be ogling the naked woman but the
horse. I’m sure that horse used to
be a weak and cowardly man, just
like you.
Lisping Man does not reply. We then hear screams.
LISPING MAN
I’m sorry. I’m sorry.
David pours some more milk from the bottle into his glass. His eyes don’t move. He doesn’t glance back. He looks down at