I haven’t written any notes to you.
MACBRIDE
He said it was from you.
Reaching for the bottle, MacBride refills his goblet and takes a swig.
ANGELA (CONT’D)
What was in the note?
MacBride pulls the note out and hands it to Angela.
ANGELA (CONT’D)
(reading the note)
What’s the name of the elderly suave man, you say?
MACBRIDE
Jack. No. Jacques. Yeah, Jacques.
Angela gives the note back to MacBride.
ANGELA (CONT’D)
Never heard of him.
MACBRIDE
Are you telling me you don’t know who they are?
ANGELA
I thought there was just the elderly suave man in the Ritz.
MACBRIDE
(whispering)
I think I was followed.
ANGELA
By who?
MACBRIDE
There was this blacked-out Benz S500 sitting on my tail all way to the Ritz.
ANGELA
There is a certain Kazimir I know who drives in a S500.
MACBRIDE
Yeah. But where were you? I thought we were supposed to meet at the Ritz!
ANGELA
In hospital. I’d been shot at.
MACBRIDE
By who?
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. ANGELA’S FLAT/DINING ROOM (MOSCOW) – NIGHT – EARLY EVENING
In the middle of the oval shaped dining table, covered with a linen table cloth, a vase with the red roses stands. Around the table eight French style chairs are placed.
Maria Alekseevna sets up the table for dinner, arranging glasses and silverware around porcelain plates.
INT. ANGELA’S FLAT/KITCHEN (MOSCOW) – NIGHT – EARLY EVENING
Maria Alekseevna stands by the gas stove, a frying pan placed on one of the rings. Scooping batter, Maria Alekseevna pours it into the pan and tips it around from side to side.
INTERCUT
Angela is seated at the head of the dining table with MacBride on her right and Pavel on her left.
Maria Alekseevna walks in and puts a plate with a pile of blini before them.
They reach out to the plate, taking pancakes.
PAVEL
(to Angela)
I heard you’re acquainted with Kazimir?
ANGELA
Yes.
PAVEL