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HARRIET:
I’m Harriet.
[Harriet extends her hand to Harry. Harry shakes it]
Nice to meet you, Harold.
HARRY:
My friends call me Harry. Well, they would if I had any. You can call me Harry.
HARRIET:
Nice to meet you, Harry.
[Both Harry and Harriet lean over and peer down]
HARRY:
So, Harriet. What brings you to the brink?
HARRIET:
My lover’s dumped me.
HARRY:
Is one person really worth ending it all for! [peering down] There are plenty more fish in the sea.
HARRIET:
My lover was also my boss. Now I’m single and unemployed. I had so much going for me. He said he would leave his wife.
HARRY:
And you believed him?