((quiet like the grave))
[PUBLIC // VOICE]
[Except that there's not much to hear. The old man takes a breath, as though to speak...but nothing comes out.
Silence.
For a long time.
Then he stumbles to his feet...
....falls back to his knees.
His breathing is shallow.]
...
[Silence.]
[PRIVATE // OFFSCREEN // MERYL'S JOURNAL]
[mostly scribbles.]
no
[Except that there's not much to hear. The old man takes a breath, as though to speak...but nothing comes out.
Silence.
For a long time.
Then he stumbles to his feet...
....falls back to his knees.
His breathing is shallow.]
...
[Silence.]
[PRIVATE // OFFSCREEN // MERYL'S JOURNAL]
[mostly scribbles.]
no