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37INT. BATHROOM. DAY.

Margot is in the bathtub watching Planet of the Apes on her little black-and-white television set. Etheline sits on the edge of the tub with her coat in her lap.

ETHELINE

Raleigh says you’ve been spending six

hours a day locked in here watching

television and soaking in the tub.

MARGOT

(pause)

I doubt that.

ETHELINE

Well, I don’t think that’s very healthy,

do you? Nor do I think it’s very

intelligent to keep an electrical gadget

on the edge of the bathtub.

MARGOT

I tied it to the radiator.

Etheline examines the television set. There is a length of red twine wrapped around it and knotted to a pipe.

ETHELINE

Well, it can’t be very good for your

eyes, anyway.

Margot turns off the television set with her foot. She looks to Etheline. Etheline smooths back Margot’s wet hair.

ETHELINE (CONT’D)

Chas came home.

MARGOT

(pause)

What do you mean?

ETHELINE

He and Ari and Uzi are going to stay

with me for a little while.

MARGOT

(frowns)

Why are they allowed to do that?

ETHELINE

(hesitates)

Well, I don’t know, exactly. But I

think he’s been very depressed ever

since --

MARGOT

(urgently)

So am I.

ETHELINE

(pause)

So are you what?