廊桥遗梦 第六章 英2

孙祎卓

　FANTASY ENDS.

　　Francesca looks at Michael in disgust.

　　RICHARDWe better get moving.

　　(to Francesca)You sure you don't want to come?

　　Francesca looks at Richard with complete conviction.

　　FRANCESCAI'm positive.

　　RICHARDI'm going to miss you.

　　FRANCESCAIt's only four days.

　　He gives her a sweet peck on the lips. Francesca smiles,anxious for them all to leave.

　　INT. JOHNSON HOUSE - LATER THAT NIGHTAlone, dressed in her bathrobe, Francesca checks the frontdoor. She crosses to the living. Noticing two throw pillowson the floor, she arranged them neatly on the couch. She sitsherself in an easy chair then flicks on a reading lamp andopens her book. After five seconds, she closes the book. Shecrosses to the TV and turns it on, then turns it off beforethe picture tuned in.

　　She turns and leans on the TV, flicking the ON/OFF switch onand off as her mind wanders. She gets an idea. She crosses tothe hi-fi and looks through several albums she got from herColumbia Record Club. But nothing inspires her and shequickly loses the desire for music. She's antsy. She has thistime alone and she doesn't know how to spend it.

　　She walks through the dining room, passing a china closetfilled with fancy dishes and glasses. She stops. Shoved inthe corner behind is an old, un-opened bottle of BRANDY. Sheremoves up, setting atop the dining table to open it.

　　But when she catches a reflection of herself in the windowopposite her, she stops. She sees a lonely, frustrated womanin a tattered bathrobe anxious to open a bottle of liquor.

　　Deflated, she returns the brandy to the cupboard and exits.

　　EXT. BACK PORCH - NIGHTFrancesca sits on the porch with a book in her lap, gazingout over the pasture. It's a hot night. She opens the top ofher rope a bit. Feeling the air against her skin, she decidesto open it a bit more. She gets an idea.

　　Standing, she looks to see if anyone is around -- thoughrationally she knows there isn't a soul for miles. She turnsoff the porch light. With a brave and daring impulse, shesheds her bathrobe and stand naked under the night sky. Theair feels good against her body. She opens her arms upagainst the night sky and moon like an Indian priestess.

　　Suddenly, she starts hitting her body as mosquitoes beginattacking her bare torso. Thwarted, she quickly coversherself with a robe and runs into the house.

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　　INT. KITCHEN - MORNINGFrancesca trudges into the kitchen. As if on automatic, shetakes the coffee pot and fills it with water. She gets thecoffee and begins spooning it out. She stops. She gets theidea of taking herself out for breakfast and dumps the coffeepot out.

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　　EXT. MAIN STREET; WINTERSET - MORNINGA one street town. On either side are rows of storefronts, anold coffee shop/diner, a bank, a medical center, a newspaperbuilding, a courthouse and a movie theater showing CAT BALLOU.

　　The steeple of the local church is the highest structure,towering over the town from the end of Main Street