DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FOUR      38.

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					BASHIR
			Yes. A most striking collection
			of rubies, tormaline, sapphires,
			topaz. From the high chromium
			content in the rubies, I'd say
			they're from the hydrothermal
			deposits of the Tibetan plateau.

	Bashir glances out the windows.

					BASHIR
				(continuing)
			Which isn't surprising,
			considering we're on the... south-
			eastern slope of Mount Everest.
			At about... twenty-two thousand
			feet I should say.

					SISKO
			Twenty-five actually.

					BASHIR
			You must not get many tourists.

					SISKO
			My guests and I place a premium on
			our privacy. We don't want any...
			unwelcomed guests -- such as men
			sent by governments who disagree
			with my political philosophy.

					KIRA
			And what is your philosophy? Are
			you some kind of anarchist?

					SISKO
			Anarchist? Quite the opposite.
			I believe in an orderly world. A
			far cry from the chaos we find
			ourselves in today.

	He pauses and looks out the window... lost for a moment
	in his private vision of the world.

						SISKO
				(continuing)
			We're building a new future here.
			A new beginning for mankind. A
			new chapter in human history will
			open... right here on my island.

					BASHIR
			Island?