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OLGA, LUDWIG, and KATHARINE exit the car and
enter the sanitarium doors.
INT. SANITARIUM ENTRY—DAY

Teufel: Your Excellency! Madame! Miss! Welcome to our little
hospital. You will not regret my letter. I am Frau Teufel.
Olga: (To KATHARINE) Ask the woman to show us the girl.
Teufel: Anna awaits you.
Olga: No doubt with bated breath.
Teufel: Not very anxiously, I’m afraid.
Olga: Every cheap little actress so far has champed at the bit to
prove to me she is my niece the Grand Duchess.
Teufel: Your niece’s health is not the best.
Olga: Do not presume she is my niece.
Teufel: You will recognize her as I did.
Katharine: Ten years is a long time.

ANOTHER ANGLE FEATURING OLGA

Olga: Wait.
Katharine: Madame?
Ludwig: Olga, not another game?
Olga: You, Katharine, must wear my coat and muff and hat.
Katharine: Yes, Madame.
Olga: And I shall wear yours. We shall fool this cheap little tart
in her own charade. She will confuse the Governess Katharine
for her aunt the Imperial Grand Duchess Olga.
Katharine: (Embarrassed) Yes, Madame.
Olga: We shall expose her in record time.
ANOTHER ANGLE

Teufel: I think Madame will be pleasantly surprised. This way,
please.

INT. SANITARIUM HALLWAY—DAY
A TRUCKING SHOT of OLGA, LUDWIG and

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