Titanic Page #25

Excuse me.

Smith pushes past him, with Andrews and Hutchinson in tow.

CUT TO:

158 INT. BOILER ROOM 6

Strokers and firemen are struggling to draw the fires. They are working in

waist deep water churning around as it flows into the boiler room, ice cold

and swirling with grease from the machinery. Chief Engineer Bell comes

partway down the ladder and shouts.

BELL:

That's it, lads. Get the hell up!

They scramble up the escape ladders.

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159 EXT. B-DECK FORWARD / WELL DECK

The gentlemen, now joined by another man, leans on the forward rail

watching the steerage men playing soccer with chunks of ice.

GENTLEMAN:

I guess it's nothing too serious. I'm going back to my cabin to read.

A 20ish YALE MAN pops through the door wearing a topcoat over pajamas.

YALEY:

Say, did I miss the fun?

Rose and Jack come up the steps from the well deck, which are right next to

the three men. They stare as the couple climbs over the locked gate.

A moment later Captain Smith rounds the corner, followed by Andrews and

Carpenter Hutchinson. They have come down from the bridge by the outside

stairs. The three men, their faces grim, crush right past Jack and Rose.

Andrews barely glances at her.

SMITH:

Can you shore up?

HUTCHINSON:

Not unless the pumps get ahead.

The inspection party goes down the stairs to the well deck.

JACK:

(low, to her)

It's bad.

ROSE:

We have to tell Mother and Cal.

JACK:

Now it's worse.

ROSE:

Come with me, Jack. I jump, you jump... Right?

JACK:

Right.

Jack follows Rose through the door inside the ship.

CUT TO:

160 INT. B-DECK FOYER / CORRIDOR

Jack and Rose cross the foyer, entering the corridor. Lovejoy is waiting

for them in the hall as they approach the room.

LOVEJOY:

We've been looking for you miss.

Lovejoy follows and, unseen, moves close behind Jack and smoothly slips the

diamond necklace into the pocket of his overcoat.

CUT TO:

161 INT. ROSE AND CAL'S SUITE

Cal and Ruth wait in the sitting room, along with the Master at Arms and

two stewards (Steward #1 and Barnes). Silence as Rose and Jack enter. Ruth

closes her robe at her throat when she sees Jack.

ROSE:

Something serious has happened.

CAL:

That's right. Two things dear to me have disappeared this evening. Now that

one is back...

(he looks from Rose to Jack)

... I have a pretty good idea where to fine the other.

(to Master at Arms)

Search him.

The Master at Arms steps up to Jack.

MASTER AT ARMS:

Coat off, mate.

Lovejoy pulls at Jack's coat and Jack shakes his head in dismay, shrugging

out of it. The Master at Arms pats him down.

JACK:

This is horseshit.

ROSE:

Cal, you can't be serious! We're in the middle of an emergency and you--

Steward Barnes pulls the Heart of the Ocean out of the pocket of Jack's

coat.

STEWARD BARNES:

Is this it?

Rose is stunned. Needless to say, so is Jack.

CAL:

That's it.

MASTER AT ARMS:

Right then. Now don't make a fuss.

He starts to handcuff Jack.

JACK:

Don't you believe it, Rose. Don't!

ROSE:

(uncertain)

He couldn't have.

CAL:

Of course he could. Easy enough for a professional. He memorized the

combination when you opend the safe.

FLASHBACK:
Rose at the safe, looking in the mirror and meeting Jack's eyes

as he stands behind her, watching.

ROSE:

But I was with him the whole time.

CAL:

(just to her, low and cold)

Maybe he did it while you were putting your clothes back on.

JACK:

They put it in my pocket!

LOVEJOY:

(holding Jack's coat)

It's not even your pocket, son.

(reading)

"Property of A. L. Ryerson".

Lovejoy shows the coat to the Master at Arms. There is a label inside the

collar with the owner's name.

MASTER AT ARMS:

That was reported stolen today.

JACK:

I was going to return it! Rose--

Rose feels utterly betrayed, hurt and confused. She shrinks away from him.

He starts shouting to her as Lovejoy and the Master at Arms drag him out

into the hall. She can't look him in the eye.

JACK:

Rose, don't listen to them... I didn't do this! You know I didn't! You know

it!

She is devastated. Her mother lays a comforting hand on her shoulder as te

tears well up.

RUTH:

Why do women believe men?

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162 INT. MAIL SORTING ROOM / HOLD

Smith and Andrews come down the steps to the Mail Sorting Room and finds

the clerks scrambling to pull mail from the racks. They are furiously

hauling wet sacks of mail up from the hold below.

Andrews climbs partway down the stairs to the hold, which is almost full.

Sacks of mail float everywhere. The lights are still on below the surface,

casting an eerie glow. The Renault is visible under the water, the brass

glinting cheerfully. Andrews looks down as the water covers his shoe, and

scrambles back up the stairs.

CUT TO:

163 INT. BRIDE / CHARTROOM

Andrews unrolls a big drawing of the ship across the chartroom table. It is

a side elevation, showing all the watertight bulkheads. His hands are

shaking. Murdoch and Ismay hover behind Andrews and the Captain.

ISMAY:

When can we get underway, do you think?

Smith glares at him and turns his attention to Andrews' drawing. The

builder points to it for emphasis as he talks.

ANDREWS:

Water 14 feet above the keel in ten minutes... in the forepeak... in all

three holds... and in boiler room six.

SMITH:

That's right.

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