DEEP SPACE NINE: "In the Pale... " - REV. 2/11/98 - ACT ONE     10.

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					GARAK (Cont'd) 
			Your faith in my ability to 
			retrieve classified information 
			from my former homeland is most 
			gratifying.

					SISKO
			I'm happy that you're happy. Now, 
			can you do it?

	Garak pauses for a moment, then shifts gears.

					GARAK 
			You know, I had assumed this 
			meeting was about the 
			modifications I suggested for your 
			new dress uniform -- you have had 
			an opportunity to look over my 
			design, haven't you? The new 
			piping along the collar, the 
			exaggerated cut of the jacket 
			hemline emphasizing the--

					SISKO
			Mister Garak. Let's dispense with 
			the usual repartee and concentrate 
			on the issue at hand. Can you do 
			the job or not?

	Garak sits back and considers Sisko with a cold eye as 
	something icy and unpleasant comes over his features.

					GARAK 
			No one wants to see the Dominion 
			destroyed more than I do. But asking 
			me to go to Cardassia Prime, 
			penetrate one of the most heavily 
			guarded facilities in the quadrant, 
			steal top secret war plans and then 
			return them safely to you is not just 
			another "job." It's more like a 
			suicide mission and that is well 
			outside my field of expertise.

					SISKO
			I didn't say you had to go there 
			yourself. I have to believe that a 
			man like you still has a few contacts 
			back home. A colleague from the 
			Obsidian Order...