Page 21 - RICHERT VS. SORKIN THEFT OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT AND THE WEST WING

NOVAK ( rises )
The Presitlentrs at the EOB?
SOLVANG
Nothing newsworthy -- He,s got
some thoughts he \,rants to talk to ne about.
NOVAK
The last tine he retired
SOLVANG ( patient )
-- Hers not tetiredl anyplace, he's just usTig- frIE other office
'cause it's quieter -- .
NOVAK
On a Friday aftetnoon? In
Washington? In the Spring? --
Solvang starts to shake his hand, then notices that Novak is cauqht up in the sculpture.
Novak looks down at his hands which seem stuck together in it. He pulls. The fingers get stuck tighter.
SOI,VANG
Shows what happens you go
pol<jng around in the wrong places --.
Pats Novak on the back.
NOVAK
I hate practical jokes, you
know that.
SOLVANG
I gotta run -- Julia'll help you
out -- unless you want to wait tiII I get back.
He leaves the room. Novak looks after hin, disbelieving. Julia enters.
JULIA Help you out of what?
Novak stales at her well-scrubbed face with foreboding,
to the
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