DEEP SPACE NINE: "Change of Heart" - REV. 1/9/98 - ACT THREE    32.

33   CONTINUED:	(3)

					BASHIR 
			I suppose so. But... some things 
			were just not meant to be.

				(distracted) 
			Evade.

	Bashir spins the wheel and O'Brien is immediately 
	concerned.

					O'BRIEN 
			Julian... are you sure you want 
			to --

					QUARK
				(quietly annoyed) 
			Chief, please. You know the 
			rules -- no coaching during a 
			round.

	O'Brien backs off. Quark picks up his cards again.

					QUARK
				(to Bashir)
			You're probably right.
				(beat) 
			But on the other hand, what if 
			that's just a convenient 
			rationalization? What if deep 
			down in our heart of hearts we 
			both know that she's something 
			unique, something that we may 
			never see again -- a chance at 
			true happiness... and we let her 
			slip through our fingers. What 
			if fifty years from now we each 
			look back and say, "What a fool 
			I was?" Confront.

	Bashir is disturbed by the thought and it shows.

					QUARK 
			Doctor?