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REMAIN OUTSIDE: THROUGH THE TALL NEO-

COLONIAL LIVING ROOM WINDOW we watch the two

men come inside the baronial room, trophy deer heads on

the wall. Arthur sets his drink down, turns to the Speaker,

and says something. The Speaker immediately reacts,

shaking his head. "No. Impossible." We can almost read

his lips. But Arthur apparently says "The Deed is Done."

Arthur places his arm on the Speaker's shoulder. Then

their eyes meet. Speaker Manning blinks

WE CAN SEE that a deal has been established. Something

portentous. Almost like a schoolboy, Speaker Manning

sits on the edge of the great Morris chair.

ROCKLAND AIR FORCE BASE KITCHEN NIGHT

Young Airman Morrison is peering intently into the

refrigerator window.

MORRISON'S POINT OF VIEW: Through the frosted

window, General Yeager is marching back and forth.

AIR BASE REFRIGERATED ROOM - NIGHT

It is a strange but hardly comforting ritual. Now the

General salutes again, but with his left hand.

BASE KITCHEN - NIGHT

Standing back from the window in the refrigeration room,

the impressed Airman starts to salute just like the

General using his left arm instead of his right arm. He

still can't figure something out.

Finally overcome with curiosity, Morrison steps closer to

the window in the refrigerator door.

AIRMAN MORRISON'S CLOSER POV: The General is