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                     AUNTIE MAMA
      Okay, okay take it easy.  Here…

She produces a chair for him.  JOE collapses into it, breathless. 

                          JOE
      "Take it easy," she says.  I needed 
      a Sherpa to schlep my way up here.
               (shivers)
      Jesus!  It's colder than an ice box
      in here!  How do you stand it?
 
                    AUNTIE MAMA
      …By thinking warm thoughts.
 
                          JOE
      I wouldn't say "no" to a shot of 
      brandy, if you have it.  It'll go 
      a long way to warming yours truly.
 
                    AUNTIE MAMA
               (astonished)
      Joe?  You know that I never touch 
      alcohol.
 
                          JOE
      Oh, my mistake.  I forgot you were
      in league with Carrie Nation.

AUNTIE MAMA quickly fills a glass with water and hands it to him.