DEEP SPACE NINE: "In the Pale... " - REV. 2/11/98 - ACT FOUR    46.

38   INT. SISKO'S QUARTERS

	Sisko on the couch. He's got a bottle of something 
	dark and amber now and he pours himself a drink.

					SISKO
			It was good to know that the old 
			man was on my side, even if she 
			didn't know what was really going 
			on.
				(beat) 
			In any case, I was way past the 
			point of no return. There was 
			nothing to do but wait and see how 
			masterful Tolar's forgery really 
			was.

	He takes a drink.

					SISKO
			So I waited. Tried to catch up 
			on my paperwork, but I couldn't 
			really focus on criminal activity 
			reports or cargo manifests... I 
			went back to pacing and staring 
			out the window.
				(beat)
			I don't think of myself as an
			impatient man. I don't agonize
			over decisions once they're made.
			I got that from my father. He
			always said that worry and doubt
			were the greatest enemies of a
			chef. "The souffle will rise or
			it won't," he used to say.
			"There's not a damn thing you can
			do about it, so just sit back and
			see what happens."