The moment just before sunset, the last pre-party minutes,
a procession of guests' cars winding up to the guest house,
being directed into adjacent fields. Susan cuts past a re-
ceiving line that files up the stairs, she skirts the house
and heads straight for the action, the party on the lawns in
the rear, climbs a terrace where she commands a view of the
event on which the curtain is just about to rise.
EXT. LAWN, COUNTRY ESTATE - SUNSET
Guests milling, emerging from the crowd Susan sees, isolated
by a fountain, Joe. He looks up towards her, he knows she
has seen him, they proceed to a rendezvous that has not been
prearranged but which they intuit. Susan slants through the
guests, stopping here and there, excited greetings and cha-
tter float on the wind, "He, Susie!", "What a party", "You
look great", she keeps moving, a shimmering wraith.
Joe is on the right coordinate to meet her, his graceful,
unfailing step carrying him speedily to a destination he is
not certain of, but where he knows he will find Susan.
EXT. GARDEN, COUNTRY ESTATE - SUNSET
The very last rays of the sun setting over the wide expanse
of river, the light catching Susan and Joe as they enter the
garden, the party forming behind them, the river flowing in
front of them.
SUSAN
I like you in a black tie.
JOE
I love you in an evening gown.
SUSAN
It beats a surgical, doesn't it?
He smiles.
SUSAN (cont'd)
Daddy told me you might be leaving?
JOE
Yes. Your father and I, our time
together has come to an end.
SUSAN
Where are you going?
Joe attempts to answer, but nothing comes out.
SUSAN (cont'd)
You won't tell me?
JOE
Well -- I --
SUSAN
And you can't tell me who you are.
Again the same indescribable gesture from Joe.
SUSAN (cont'd)
I'm in love with a man, I don't know
who he is, where he's going or when.
JOE
I can tell you the when part. Tonight.
SUSAN
It gets worse.
JOE
No worse than it gets for me. I'm
in love with a woman whom I don't
want to leave.
SUSAN
Then don't.
A moment.
JOE
We know so little about each
other --
SUSAN
We know all that we need to know --
JOE
But there's so much to tell you --
SUSAN
Don't. That will come later.
JOE
Will it?
SUSAN
Lightning struck. We caught it in
a bottle. Don't let it out. I want
to be with you, Joe --
Another moment.
JOE
What will we do?
SUSAN
'Love will find out the way'.
JOE
'Love will find out the way'?
SUSAN
It's a saying.
JOE
I believe that, don't you?
SUSAN
Yes, that's why I said it.
They are on the brink of some decision, Joe is about to make
some declaration when Allison is heard --
Anupamaa
