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MARGARET I read about a hotel in New York where they pipe directly to the rooms. You turn a faucet and out it comes. Imagine that ... JAMES DILLARD For now, you’re gonna have to imagine me carrying it up the stairs. MARGARET I can do that.
He smiles, walks out the door ...
INT. WHITE ELEPHANT SALOON -- FORT WORTH, TX -- NIGHT. This is the heart of Fort Worth’s hedonistic half acre -- a long bar runs the length of the wall. Gas lamps illuminate red fabric walls. The place is packed with every cowboy, gambler, gunman, prostitute, show girl, and saloon maid in North Texas. Gambling tables are filled. Music bounces off the wood ceiling. One must shout to be heard. Shea sits in the corner at a table. His eyes move absently over the crowd. A young prostitute spots him. Slinks her way in his direction ... Sits beside him. Studies his drink. Picks it up, Sniffs it. She speaks with an accent. Could be French. Could be fake. Who knows ... All we know is it works, and it is beguiling. Her name is MELODI(28). MELODI Absynthe? SHEA Soda water. MELODI I don’t know this water. SHEA You probably use it to remove stains. MELODI Why do you drink it?
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