AT THE RECEPTION ROOM, AS THE PARTY DESCENDS TO DINNER . THEY ENCOUNTER MOLLY BROWN, LOOKING GOOD IN IN A BEADED DRESS ,IN HER OWN BUSTY BROAD SHOULDERED WAY.
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MOLLY GRINS WHEN SHE SEES JACK . AS THEY ARE GOING TO THE DINING SALOON SHE WALKS NEXT TO HIM. SPEAKING LOW:
MOLLY BROWN: " AIN'T NOTHIN' TO IT, IS THERE, JACK?"
JACK: " YEAH, YOU JUST DRESS LIKE A PALBEARER AND KEEP YOUR NOSE UP."
MOLLY BROWN:" REMEMBER, THE ONLY THING THEY RESPECT IS MONEY, SO JUST ACT LIKE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF IT AND YOU'RE IN A CLUB."
AS THEY ENTER THE SWIRLING THRONG. ROSE LEANS CLOSE TO HIM,POINTING OUT TO SEVERAL NOTABLES.
ROSE: " THERE'S THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES , AND THAT'S JOHN JACOB ASTOR... THE RICHEST MAN ON THE SHIP. HIS LITTLE WIFEY THERE, MADELEINE , IS MY AGE AND IN A DELICATE CONDITION . SEE HOW SHE'S TRYING TO HIDE IT. QUITE THE SCANDAL. [NODDING TOWARD THE COUPLE] AND OVER THERE, THAT'S SIR COSMO AND LUCILE ,LADY -DUFF GORDON . SHE DESIGNS NAUGHTY LINGERIE , AMONG HER MANY TALENTS. VERY POPULAR WITH THE ROYALS. "
CAL BECOMES ENGROSSED IN A CONVERSATION WITH COSMO DUFF- GORDON AND COLONEL GRACIE. WHILE RUTH, THE COUNTESS AND LUCILE DISCUSS FASHION . ROSE PICOTS JACK SMOOTHLY, TO SHOW HIM ANOTHER COUPLE. DRESSED IMPECCABLY .
ROSE: " AND THAT'S BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM AND HIS MISTRESS , MADAME AUBERT. MRS. GUGGENHEIM IS AT HOME WITH THE CHILDREN , OF COURSE .
CAL, MEANWHILE , IS ACCEPECTING THE PRAISE OF HIS MALE COUNTERPARTS , WHO ARE LOOKING AT ROSE LIKE A PRIZE SHOW HORSE.
SIR COSMO: " HOCKLEY , SHE'S SPLENDID."
CAL: " THANK YOU."
GRACIE:" CAL'S A LUCKY MAN . I KNOW HIM WELL, AND IT CAN ONLY BE LUCK."
RUTH STEPS OVER, HEARING THE LAST . SHE TAKES CAL'S ARM , SOMEWHAT COQUETTISLY.
RUTH: " HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT COLONEL? CALEDON HOCKLEY IS A GREAT CATCH ."
THE ENTOURAGE STROLLS TOWARD THE DINING SALOON , WHERE THEY RUN INTO THE ASTOR'S GOING THROUGH THE ORNATE DOUBLE DOORS.
ROSE: " JJ, MADELEINE , I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET JACK DAWSON."
ASTOR: " [SHAKING HIS HAND] GOOD TO MEET YOU JACK. ARE YOU OF THE BOSTON DAWSONS?"
JACK: " NO, THE CHIPPEWA FALLS DAWSONS, ACTUALLY."
JJ. NODS AS IF HE'S HEARD OF THEM , THEN LOOKS PUZZLED . MADELEINE ASTOR APPRAISES JACK AND WHISPERS GIRLISHLY TO ROSE.
MADELEINE: " IT'S A PITY WE'RE BOTH SPOKEN FOR, ISN'T IT ?
IN THE DINING SALOON, LIKE A BALLROOM AT THE PALACE , ALIVE AND LIT BY A CONSTELLATON OF CHANDELIERS , FULL OF ELEGANTLY DRESSED PEOPLE AND BEAUTIFUL MUSIC FROM BAND LEADER WALLACE HARTLEY'S SMALL ORCHESTRA . AS ROSE AND JACK ENTER AND MOVE ACROSS THE ROOM TO THEIR TABLE , CAL AND RUTH BESIDE THEM ,
