DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Magnificent Ferengi" - REV. 10/24/97 - TEASER 2.

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					QUARK
				(pleased with himself) 
			There never was a drought on 
			Balancar. It was all a ploy by 
			their Agricultural Consortium. 
			They've been stockpiling squill 
			so they could drive the price up.

					LEETA
				(indignant) 
			That's dishonest.

					QUARK 
			I couldn't agree more. You see, 
			I once did some business with the 
			nephew of the cousin of the 
			stepsister of a friend of the 
			secretary to the Consortium's 
			chief accountant...
				(stopping, double-
				checking with himself) 
			Nephew, cousin, stepsister, 
			friend... yeah, that's right. And 
			he told me, in passing, that the 
			accountant had bought himself a 
			pair of very nice Ferengi rain 
			slippers.

					ODO 
			If there was a drought, he 
			wouldn't need rain slippers.

					QUARK 
			My thoughts exactly.
				(boastful) 
			So I set up a meeting with this 
			accountant and told him that he 
			either provide me with a shipment 
			of syrup, or I'd expose their 
			deception to the entire quadrant. 
			Tomorrow morning, we're having a 
			special on groatcakes, topped with 
			syrup of squill -- that is, for 
			everyone who can afford it.

	The crowd reacts with anticipation; Quark looks at the 
	maintenance workers.