as we go back to -
EXT. THE STREET OUTSIDE
Were almost ON TOP OF the phone booth, the phone is still
ringing as a HAND reaches INTO FRAME and snatches the phone
from its cradle.
A WOMANS VOICE (V.O.)
(a touch Irish accent)
Yes?
ANOTHER ANGLE - And we see a woman named DEIRDRE on the
phone: striking, dark-haired, Irish. She carries herself
with the same professional edge as the men inside th
professional. Mostly amateur talent
competitions.
JANE
Oh, "Star Search" or something?
ROBIN
Sort of. Only I never made it that far. I played the
piano and sang.
JANE
What did you sing?
ROBIN
"Way Over Yonder." Carole King. "Close to You." The
Carpenters. It was the seventies.
JANE
"Close to You"?
ROBIN
You know, why do birds suddenly appear every time you
appear, "Just like me, they long to
professional and incredibly efficient 25-year-old.
JANIE
The 10:15 events been moved inside
to the Indian Treaty Room.
SHEPHERD
(to Janie)
The 10:15 is American Fisheries?
JANIE
Yes, sir. Theyre giving you a
200-pound halibut.
SHEPHERD
Janie, make a note. We need to
schedule more events where somebody
gives me a really big fish.
JANIE starts to make a note.
JANIE
Yes, sir.
SHEPHERD
Janie, I w
inclined
to consider myself more of...
oh, skim milk of the Middle West
or something.
Energy...
ambition.
I would hope...
that we could direct
those qualities...
to try and retain...
for the new South...
some of the graceful values
of the old South.
- Daddy.
- What?
- Will you dance with me?
- Will I dance with you?
What will you do
if I dance with you?
Ill dance with you.
Lets bring Mommy in, ok
professional services.
One fourteenth of total profits.
Traveling expenses guaranteed.
Funeral expenses, if necessary.
Sincerely, Thorin and Company."
- "Funeral expenses"?
- Do you find the terms acceptable?
- Of course he does!
- But, but, but l...
And so tomorrow begins
your greatest adventure.
No hat, no stick, no pipe.
Not even a pocket handkerchief.
How can one survive?
- How did Gandalf ge