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Scene Two

FELLA

What?  What the hell.  What have you done to my car?

MYRAS

What do you think I done fella?

FELLA

It’s everywhere! It’s all over the yard! The entire goddamn yard!  The whole engine is.  It’s completely . . .

MYRAS

It’s all there fella.  It’s all there.

FELLA

You can’t.  How can you possibly?

MYRAS

Careful about that beer fella.  You’re shaking it all to hell.

FELLA

Did you?  Have you figured out what’s wrong?

MYRAS

I figured it.

FELLA

And?

MYRAS

I can fix it.

FELLA

Well what is it?  What’s the trouble?

MYRAS

You know much about engines?

FELLA

A little.  No.  Not really.

MYRAS

That’s what I thought.

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FELLA

What?

MYRAS

It’ll be enough.

FELLA

You don’t even know what the problem is!

MYRAS

I know what my problem is.

FELLA

I get it.

MYRAS

You want me to fix it or don’t you?

FELLA

Please.

MYRAS

Alright then. Let’s have that money.

FELLA

Now?

MYRAS

You keep the seven. You leave me the sixty.

FELLA

And that’ll be enough?

MYRAS

Then you walk back down to the diner, give that seven to Laurine and have her give you a case of beer. Then you bring it back here. Time you get back, I’ll have figured out what’s wrong.

FELLA

Walk down? To the diner? That’s a good two miles!

MYRAS

Two and two tenths. And don’t dick around coming back or the beer will get warm. Now go on fella, for it gets too late.

FELLA

A case of beer.

MYRAS

(clears throat)

FELLA

What?

MYRAS

Keys. Jest toss them.

FELLA

Yeah?

MYRAS

I’ll take that sixty too, fella.

FELLA

Sure.

MYRAS

Just tuck it under the windshield wiper.

FELLA

Right.

MYRAS

Now get on and get back.

 

(Lights Dim)

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FELLA

Well you can just take a look at it, right? The car I mean?  I’m sure it’s an easy repair.  It’s not like it’s smoking or making a funny noise.  It’s just the stupid little red light.

MYRAS

With the picture of the engine on it.

FELLA

Right.

MYRAS

Right.

FELLA

This is unbelievable.  Look.  Down the hill they said you would take care of this no problem.  The lady at the counter went on about you.  Top notch, she said.  Top notch!  Top notch! Top notch!

MYRAS

I’m sure she did.

FELLA

Okay now.  Alright.  Let’s get on the same level here.  You’re obviously the kind of man who—

MYRAS

How much you say you have again?

FELLA

Sixty-seven dollars.

MYRAS

It’ll be enough.

FELLA

What?

MYRAS

It’ll be enough.