B10-40

INT. HASTINGS HOUSE/PORTRAIT HALL - DAY As Simon makes his way down this stately hall of PORTRAITS. He peers up at his ancestors. Stops to focus on ONE in particular: His father. The ninth Duke of Hastings. SIMON Jeffries? Simon's dutiful butler, JEFFRIES (50s), appears. 41. SIMON (CONT'D) See to it that this painting of my father is removed at once. JEFFRIES I shall place it in the vault with His Grace's other possessions. SIMON No. This one I should like destroyed. (a sigh) I am leaving. And as Simon goes, Jeffries can't help but eye him, concerned.