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14.	INT.	STELLA'S FLAT IN KENSINGTON	NIGHT.

			STELLA PACES THE ROOM. OLIVER LOUNGES 
			IN A CHAIR.

STELLA	I'm frightened, Oliver. I'm sure somebody is watching the flat.

OLIVER	Nonsense. you're imagining things.

STELLA	You must believe me. There's somebody there now.

			SHE GOES TO THE WINDOW AND 
			LOOKS CAREFULLY THROUGH THE CURTAIN.

15	EXT.	THE STREET OUTSIDE STELLA'S FLAT.  STELLA'S POV.

			A MAN IN A LONG RAINCOAT AND A TRILBY,
			SMOKING A CIGARETTE, IS ON THE 
			OPPOSITE PAVEMENT, HE DOES NOT LOOK AT 
			THE HOUSE.

16.	EXT.	A LONDON PARK.	DAY

			MENDIP AND PRINGLE SIT ON A BENCH. MENDIP IS
 			THROWING BREAD TO THE DUCKS.

MENDIP	Have you anything further to report?

PRINGLE	The house is being watched twenty four hours.

MENDIP	Does she know?

PRINGLE	It's hard to say. Probably. Wilcox was there last night

MENDIP	Oliver Wilcox? Was he, indeed? This is beginning to interest me.

17	EXT.	THE STREET OUTSIDE STELLA'S FLAT.	DAY

			ANOTHER MAN STANDS IN THE SAME PLACE. 
			STELLA COMES OUT OF THE HOUSE, GETS INTO HER
 			CAR AND DRIVES OFF. THE MAN TAKES OUT HIS 
			MOBILE PHONE.

18	INT.	MENDIP'S OFFICE.	DAY.

			MENDIP SITS AT HIS DESK, LOOKING AT SOME 
			PHOTOGRAPHS. THE INTERNAL PHONE RINGS. HE 
			PICKS IT UP.

MENDIP	Yes?

			HE LISTENS.

	Well, what a surprise. Show her in.

			HE HURRIEDLY PUTS THE PHOTOGRAPHS AWAY IN A 
			DRAWER. HE STANDS AS HIS SECRETARY SHOWS IN 
			STELLA.

	Stella, how nice to see you.

			STELLA LOOKS AT HIM IN ASTONISHMENT.

STELLA	You? What are you doing in my husband's office?
NOTE: The final working script will look slightly different from this, with camera cues etc down the left-hand side, but the above layout is quite adequate for an original submission.