WITNESS by Earl W. Wallace William Kelley Pamela - Screenplay.com

RACHEL
(smiles)
I made it a contest... the one who does
best gets his cereal back first.
(and)
Children like to help... they only need to
be kept after a little bit.
Rachel means no harm by this, but Elaine's eyes begin to storm.
ELAINE
Oh, is that so?
(and)
No offense, lady, but I'm not so sure I
like the idea of your coming in here and
turning the place upside down!
Rachel's smile fades at Elaine's trembling outburst:
RACHEL
Please, I didn't mean...
Abruptly Elaine rises and snatches the mop from Rachel's hands.
She mops furiously as she Continues:
ELAINE
I know exactly what you meant! Listen,
maybe I'm not a world-class housefrau, but
maybe I don't have time to polish the
goddamn china andkeep after the kids!
(and)
It's none of your business, but I don't
happen to have a man around here full
time. So I sell cosmetics in a goddamn
drugstore and sometimes I can even pay the
rent on time! So maybe I'm not Mary
Poppins, but maybe I don't need to have it
jammed down my throat like this.
She finishes the floor, hurls the mop aside with a CLATTER:
ELAINE
(continuing)
There is that clean enough for you?
Rachel is speechless, Elaine is on the point of bursting into
tears. At which point Fred appears at the entry in his undershirt,
taking in the sparkling kitchen.
FRED
Jesus, Elaine... Somebody die and leave
you a broom?
Not a politic observation on Fred's part.
ELAINE
(blurts)
Go to hell, Fred!
And, bursting into tears, she flees the kitchen. Fred stares after
her.