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Cal and Ellen are preparing the entrees for their guests on the opening night of The Golden Carrousel. Throughout the evening, Cal and Ellen have been taking phone reservations while cooking, and Cal has consistently overbooked the restaurant for future dates, not considering their limited space and the fact that Ellen is the only chef. While he talks with her in the kitchen, Cal thoughtlessly eats various ingredients meant for the entrees, ironically not paying the least bit of attention to
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Start: Ellen: (Is adding raw mushrooms and spices to a salad. She then tosses it, all the while talking on the telephone which she has tucked under her chin.) COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER, PLEASE? I’M HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU. YES . . . THAT’S MUCH BETTER.
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End: Cal: What am I going to do?
Ellen: No one can stop it.
Cal: (In a panicky whisper.) What am I going to do?
Ellen: It’s broken free and is heading out into places unknown.
Howe, Tina. The Art of Dining. Samuel French, 1987. pp.69-76.
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