INT. CAR EN ROUTE TO CAVE OF SWIMMERS. DAY
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LATER--Almásy drives the second car, accompanied by Katharine and Al Auf, who sits on top of the cabin. Almásy sings as they drive. Katharine breaks the long silence between them. |
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KATHARINE: I've
been thinking--how does somebody like you decide to come to the desert?
What is it? You're doing whatever you're going--in your castle, or wherever
it is you live, and one day you say I have to go to the desert--or what?
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Almásy doesn't answer.
Katharine, who has looked at him for an answer, looks away. There's
another long silence.
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ALMÁSY: I
once traveled with a guide, who was taking me to Faya. He didn't speak
for nine hours. At the end of it he pointed at the horizon and said,
"Faya!" That was a good day.
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Point made, they lapse into
silence. Katharine boils.
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KATHARINE: Actually, you sing. ALMÁSY: What? KATHARINE: You sing. All the time. ALMÁSY: I do not. KATHARINE: Ask Al Auf. |
In Arabic, Almásy asks Al Auf, who promptly laughs, nods and sings a snatch of what he thinks is the tune to "The Darktown Strutter's Ball." Katharine, delighted, joins in.
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KATHARINE (sings
wickedly): I'll be
down to get you in the taxi, honey, you'd better be ready about half-past
eight....
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Al Auf nods and grins furiously,
joins in, impersonating Almásy. Almásy makes a face.
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