DEEP SPACE NINE: "Ferengi Love... " - REV. 02/18/97 - ACT TWO    18.

11   CONTINUED:

					ISHKA 
			Zekkie sent me a very nice thank 
			you note. Before I knew it, we 
			were corresponding regularly.

					ZEK 
			Your mother's letters became the 
			highlight of each day. It was 
			clear we had to meet.

					ISHKA 
			Imagine his surprise when he found 
			out I was a female... and your 
			mother, no less.

					ZEK 
			I almost had a stroke.
				(gazing lovingly at
				Ishka)
			But I recovered.

					ISHKA 
			And we've been seeing each other 
			ever since.

					QUARK 
			Does anybody know about this?

					ZEK 
			Of course no one knows!
				(leaning forward, 
				threatening) 
			And you're going to keep it that 
			way.

					QUARK 
			My lips are sealed.

					ZEK 
			They'd better be.

	Maihar'du approaches with a tray of food which he sets 
	down in front of the Nagus and Ishka.

					ISHKA
				(to Maihar'du) 
			Jellied gree worms... Maihar'du, 
			you're too good to me.

	Maihar'du pats her on the head in a show of affection.

					ISHKA
				(to Quark) 
			He treats me like a queen.