He was eye balling you all through that match, he�s trying to wind me up.
FLORENCE
And he�s succeeding! Why do you let him and them get to you.
FREDDIE
They are dangerous Florence, you don�t know what they are capable of.
FLORENCE
I know they�re not as lethal as you claim them to be.
FREDDIE
�Course you�re practically one of them now. No doubt you�ll be moving to Moscow when we finish here. Closer to the homeland. That�ll be cosy for you.
FLORENCE
Maybe that�s exactly what I should do. The further away from you the better!
FREDDIE
Fine, want a hand packing your bags?
FLORENCE
Don�t bother. They�re already packed!
[Florence fetches her bags and walks out on Freddie.]
[Florence goes to see Anatoly. They talk briefly (we do not hear what they say) then as the Chess music reaches its final crescendo � they embrace and kiss!]
END ACT ONE
*
ACT TWO
[After the incidents of the past few days and hours, Florence is feeling extremely uncertain about her future. To clear her head she takes an early morning walk along the riverside.]
HEAVEN HELP MY HEART
[The scene changes to Anatoly's hotel room, where he is being harassed by Molokov.]
MOLOKOV
What do you think you�re doing? First you refuse to see the woman, now you say you�ve seen her and you want to continue seeing her! What�s going on?
ANATOLY
Haven�t I done exactly what you wanted! It was your idea to go after the woman in the first place.
MOLOKOV
The idea was to throw Trumper off form, now look what�s happening! He�s regaining his composure and it�s you that can no longer concentrate on what you�re doing. These silly mistakes you�ve been making have got to stop!
ANATOLY
My mistakes on the board have nothing at all to do with her!
MOLOKOV
Don't you see what she's doing to you? She's deliberately trying to put you off your form just so her man has a chance of winning the title - and it's beginning to work! You're already four games behind!
ANATOLY
That's ridiculous, she's not even working for Trumper anymore.
MOLOKOV
If not, then why is she still here? She must be working for someone, or maybe she's hoping that you'll offer her a job?
ANATOLY
Don't be absurd.
MOLOKOV
The press don't think it's absurd. They're beginning to talk about the possibility of a defection. (He hands Anatoly a newspaper) This speculation has to be stopped! And you're the one who's got to stop it.