DEEP SPACE NINE: "In the Pale... " - REV. 2/11/98 - ACT THREE    26.

17   CONTINUED:	(2)

					BASHIR 
			He'll be fine. His ribs deflected 
			the knife from his vital organs. 
			The bleeding was superficial.

					QUARK
			Superficial? Do you know how much 
			this shirt cost?

					SISKO
			Doctor, will you excuse us for a 
			moment?

					BASHIR 
				(to Quark) 
			I'll check on you again tomorrow.

	Bashir EXITS and Sisko sits down next to Quark.

					SISKO 
			Do you intend to press charges?

					QUARK
			You bet I do.

					SISKO
				(awkward) 
			What would it take... to... 
			convince you... otherwise?

	Quark stares at him in disbelief for a moment, then 
	leans across the table.

					QUARK 
			Are you offering me... a bribe?

	Sisko looks away, extremely uncomfortable with the 
	position he's being forced into. Quark is positively 
	gleeful.

					QUARK 
				(smiles) 
			I knew it. I've always liked you, 
			captain. I suspected that 
			somewhere deep down in your heart 
			of hearts there was a tiny bit of 
			Ferengi just waiting to get out.

					SISKO
			What's your price?