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DUFFY
(dry)
Just hanging out with the Academy
groundskeeper.

In a familiar gesture, she pats down a stray cowlick on his unruly (and receding)
hairline.., he takes her hand and they run toward the house...

PICARD
He’ll cover for us. He’s a great guy.

THE DOOR

opens to reveal BOOTHBY, a short curmudgeon of a man, 55, with a perpetual scowl
on his face...

BOOTHBY

Don’t you have early morning
classes?

PICARD
We were just walking... we heard
the music...

DUFFY
Hi, I’m Eleanor Duffy. Don’t
call me ‘Eleanor’...

BOOTHBY
I know who you are, young lady.
As they enter...

INT. BOOTHBY’S COTTAGE – NIGHT

is filled with eclectic things... antiques, junk, odd mementos from alien cultures...
featured is an old Victrola playing a record...

BOOTHBY (CONT’ D)
(to Picard)
Did you want to use the com-link?

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