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"The Deceptive Heart"

TEASER

FADE IN.

EXT. THE HACIENDA - DAY - ESTABLISHING

the house in the morning sun.

INT. LIBRARY - DAY - DON DIEGO

is at a sculptor's armature, working on a life-size wax head
of himself, using a standing mirror to check the likeness.
Don Alejandro ENTERS full of boisterous anticipation, dressed
in unusually formal attire.  He crosses in front of Don
Diego, posing and primping nervously in the mirror.   Finally:

DON ALEJANDRO

Tell me how I look, Diego.

DON DIEGO
(putting down his tools)
Just as you looked ten minutes ago, father --

DON ALEJANDRO
(nervously fiddling)
Again, please.

DON DIEGO
-- and ten minutes before that!  You look
like the grandest of grandees.

DON ALEJANDRO
I changed my cravat.   First impressions are everything.

DON DIEGO

I still can't believe you'd consider marriage to a lady
you've never met!

DON ALEJANDRO

Marriage is a definite prospect, yes.  But the purpose of the
Seņora's visit is to confirm feelings that we already know are mutual.

(taking out a cameo brooch)

For five years the widow de La Pena -- Francisca and I have corresponded
sharing our deepest thoughts.  I know Francisca better than myself.

INSERT - THE CAMEO

in Don Alejandro's hands.   A fiftyish, "handsome" lady.

DON ALEJANDRO (CONT)

First our pens, then our hearts found each other.

AS BEFORE

DON ALEJANDRO (CONT)

I will never forget your dear mother.  But I have missed the companionship
and affection that marriage brings.

DON DIEGO

(affectionately)
I understand, rather.
(rises, straightens the cravat)
But do you have to act like a twenty-year old?

DON ALEJANDRO

So.  Romance is the sole province of the young!
(pointedly)
Better to be an old fool in love, Diego, than a young fool, unmarried and childless!

Felipe eaters, gesticulating wildly.

DON DIEGO

Felipe has sighted the coach.

DON ALEJANDRO

The coach!   It's an hour early!  Quick , how do I look?

DON DIEGO

You will dazzle her, Father.

EXT THE ROAD - LONG SHOT - THE COACH

approaching, churning a plume of dust.

EXT HACIENDA - DON DIEGO, DON ALEJANDRO & FELIPE

come through the garden gate as the coach arrives.   The Driver
hands down several bags to Felipe.   A Woman steps out, her back
to Don Diego and his father.   She turns INTO CAMERA to reveal a
very beautiful woman of thirty with a flashing smile!  Don Alejandro
quickly checks the cameo.

INSERT - THE CAMEO

BACK TO FRANCISCA

smiling happily, but in no way the woman on the cameo!

DON ALEJANDRO

looks up, hardly daring to believe.

DON ALEJANDRO

Er. . .Seņora?

FRANCISCA

I am Francisca. . .And you are Don Alejandro?

DON ALEJANDRO

The same, Seņora de la Pena.

Francisca moves quickly to embrace Don Alejandro, whose shock turns
into a confused but happy smile.  He steals a look at:

DON DIEGO

taking it all in, completely flummoxed.

FADE OUT.

END TEASER

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