*Cal, Ruth and Rose have just boarded. All of their things are being brought into the staterooms by stewards and the maids are preparing the room. Lovejoy has just told the steward to put the safe in the wardrobe.*

IN THE BEDROOM Rose enters with the large Degas of the dancers. She sets it on the dresser, near the canopy bed. Trudy is already there, hanging up some of Rose's clothes. 

TRUDY
It smells so brand new. Like they built it all just for us. I mean...just to think that tonight, when I crawl between the sheets, I'll be the first-

Cal appears in the doorway of the bedroom

CAL (looking at Rose)
And when I crawl between the sheets tonight, I'll still be the first.

TRUDY (blushing at the interlude)
S'cuse me, Miss. 

She edges around Cal and makes a quick exit. Cal comes up behind Rose and puts his hand on her shoulders. An act of possession, not intimacy. 

CAL
The first and only. Forever. 

Rose's expression shows how bleak this proposition is for her, now.

(short deleted scene, but none the less very vital in proving how Rose feels about Cal.)

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