briefcase.
SALLY Â Â Â Â What if he came out and saw you looking through his briefcase?
MARIE Â Â Â Â Youâre missing the point. Iâm telling you what I found.
(beat)
He just spent $120 on a new nightgown for his wife.
(beat)
I donât think heâs ever going to leave her.
SALLY Â Â Â Â No one thinks heâs ever going to leave her.
MARIE Â Â Â Â Youâre right, youâre right. I know youâre right.
Marie looks up for a moment for a new book, sees something
.
MARIE Â Â Â Â ( CONTâD )Â Â Â Â Someone is staring at you in Personal Growth.
Sally glances over to the Personal Growth section. Thereâs Harry
.
SALLY Â Â Â Â I know him. Youâd like him. Heâs married.
MARIE Â Â Â Â Who is he?
SALLY Â Â Â Â Harry Burns. Heâs a political consultant.
MARIE Â Â Â Â Heâs cute.
SALLY Â Â Â Â You think heâs cute?
MARIE Â Â Â Â How do you know heâs married?
SALLY Â Â Â Â Because the last time I saw him, he was getting married.
MARIE Â Â Â Â When was that?
SALLY Â Â Â Â Six years ago.
MARIE Â Â Â Â So he might not be married anymore.
SALLY Â Â Â Â Also heâs obnoxious.
MARIE Â Â Â Â This is just like in the movies, remember, like
The Lady Vanishes
, where she says to him, âYou are the most obnoxious man I have ever metââ
SALLY Â Â Â Â
(correcting her)
    ââthe most contemptibleââ
MARIE Â Â Â Â And then they fall madly in love.
SALLY Â Â Â Â Also, he never remembers me.
HARRY Â Â Â Â Sally Albrightâ
SALLY Â Â Â Â Hi, Harryâ
HARRY Â Â Â Â I thought it was you.
SALLY     It is. This is Marie â¦
Marie is exiting down the stairs. She waves goodbye
.
SALLY     ( CONTâD )    â¦
was
Marie.
Sally turns back to Harry
.
HARRY Â Â Â Â How are you?
SALLY Â Â Â Â Fine.
HARRY Â Â Â Â Howâs Joe?
SALLY Â Â Â Â Fine. I hear heâs fine.
HARRY Â Â Â Â Youâre not with Joe anymore?
SALLY Â Â Â Â We just broke up.
HARRY Â Â Â Â Oh, Iâm sorry. Thatâs too bad.
SALLY Â Â Â Â Yeah, well, you know. Yeah.
(beat)
So, what about you?
HARRY Â Â Â Â Iâm fine.
SALLY Â Â Â Â Howâs married life?
HARRY Â Â Â Â Not so good. Iâm getting a divorce.
SALLY Â Â Â Â Oh, Iâm sorry. Iâm really sorry.
HARRY Â Â Â Â Yeah. Well. What are you going to do? What happened with you guys?
CUT TO :
INT. RESTAURANTâDAY
Sally and Harry having a glass of wine
.
SALLY Â Â Â Â When Joe and I started seeing each other, we wanted exactly the same thing. We wanted to live together, but we didnât want to get married because every time anyone we knew got married, it ruined their relationship. They practically never had sex again. Itâs true, itâs one of the secrets no one ever tells you. I would sit around with my girlfriends who have kidsâwell, actually, my one girlfriend who has kids, Aliceâand she would complain about how she and Gary never did it anymore. She didnât even complain about it, now that I think about it. She just said it matter-of-factly. She said they were up all night, they were both exhausted all the time, the kids just took every sexual impulse they had out of them. And Joe and I used to talk about it, and weâd say we were so lucky to have this wonderful relationship, we can have sex on the kitchen floor and not worry about the kids walking in, we can fly off to Rome on a momentâs notice. And then one day I was taking Aliceâs little girl for the afternoon because Iâdpromised to take her to the circus, and we were in a cab playing âI SpyââI spy a mailbox, I