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FLORENCE:

This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid

Nothing I say will convince him this isn't a trick.

THE RUSSIAN:

A drink on a clear moonlit night -- I relax, she

smiles

There's something peculiar going on.

FLORENCE:

So with immaculate timing, I'm left to carry the

can

Embarrassed, outnumbered, marooned --

THE RUSSIAN:

Now she can't be working for them -- I mean

us --

She seems so very straightforward -- but where

is he?

FLORENCE:

He has to come back -- he wanted this meeting,

well didn't he?

THE RUSSIAN:

Maybe he's scared -- just as scared as he was

in the game.

FLORENCE:

Oh, I just couldn't care less

He can go right ahead, go and wreck his career,

I know I've done my best

THE RUSSIAN:

Well at least she's a good-looking spy.

FLORENCE:

What if my Russian friend thinks that my plans

Are more of an intimate kind?

If I don't say something else soon

He'll go -- Nobody's on nobody's side!

THE RUSSIAN:

Listen, I hate to break up the mood

Get to the point, begin the beguine

Haven't you noticed we're a protagonist short

In this idyllic, well-produced scene?

FLORENCE:

All I can say is moments ago

He was right here ready and waiting

THE RUSSIAN:

Never mind him -- I haven't missed him so far.

BOTH:

Maybe it won't do any harm

To struggle on without his charm

Funny how all at once I feel that he can go

jump off the mountain

I won't care

FLORENCE:

This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid

THE RUSSIAN:

My dear opponent -- I really can't imagine why-aca