CAL MAKES JACK A THIEF.

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IN STEERAGE , FABRIZO COMES OUT INTO THE HALL TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.  HE SEES DOZENS OF RATS RUNNING TOWARD HIM IN THE CORRIDOR , FLEEING THE FLOODING BOW.

FABRIZO : " MA...CHE CAZZO!

IN HIS STATEROOM , TOMMY GETS OUT OF HIS TOP BUNK  IN THE DARK AND DROPS DOWN TO THE FLOOR . SPLASH!

TOMMY RYAN:"COR! WHAT IN HELL-?"

IN THE FIRST CLASS CORRIDOR ,  A COUPLE OF PEOPLE COME OUT IN ROBES AND SLIPPERS. 

A STEWARD HURRIES ALONG , REASSURING THEM .

WOMAN: " WHY HAVE THE ENGINES STOPPED ?  I FELT A SHUDDER ?"

STEWARD # 1 : " I SHOULDN'T WORRY MA'AM. WE'VE LIKELY THROWN A PROPELLER BLADE, THAT'S THE SHUDDER YOU FELT. MAY I BRING YOU ANYTHING?"

THOMAS ANDREWS BRUSHES PAST THEM , WALKING FAST AND  CARRYING AN ARMLOAD OF ROLLED UP SHIP'S PLANS.

JACK AND ROSE ARE LEANING OVER THE STARBOARD RAIL ,LOOKING AT THE HULL OF THE SHIP .

JACK: " LOOKS, OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING?"

ROSE:" COULD IT HAVE DAMAGED THE SHIP?"

JACK: " IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH OF A BUMP. I'M SURE WE'RE  OKAY."

STEWARD BARNES: " THERE'S NO CAUSE FOR ALARM . PLEASE , GO BACK TO YOR ROOMS."

HE IS STOPPED  IN HIS TRACKS BY CAL AND LOVEJOY.

STEWARD BARNES: " PLEASE,  SIR. THERE'S NO  EMERGENCY."

CAL: "YES THERE IS,  I HAVE BEEN ROBBED . NOW GET THE MASTER AT ARMS . NOW YOU MORON!"

ROSE AND JACK  COMES UP THE STEPS FROM THE WELL DECK , WHICH ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE THREE MEN.

SMITH: " CAN YOU SHORE UP ?"

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.

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 .

CAL AND RUTH WAIT IN THE SITTING ROOM , ALONG WITH THE MASTER AT ARMS  AND  TWO STEWARDS. SILENCE AS ROSE AND JACK ENTER. RUTH CLOSES HER ROBE  AT HER THROAT WHEN SH E SEES JACK.

ROSE: " SOMETHING SERIOUS 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 FIND THE OTHER .[ TO MASTER AT ARMS] SEARCH HIM."

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