Charlie: Good question. Again, he refused to elaborate. But he did say I would be contacted again with 
more information.
Stan: The letter!
Charlie: Yes, I think it’s the follow-up to that.
Stan: Well, that was not every enlightening, was it?
Charlie: There is a clear connection between the Tree of Life and Kabbalah. Now, I have to find out what those coordinates were about.
Stan: You?… You mean, “we”…
He smiles at her and she smiles back…
Stan: Really? Did he say who?
Charlie: No. I asked him if we had met before. He said no, but that he was familiar with my work.
Stan: Your work? Stage work or fiction work?
Charlie: Fiction. Seems like some people want particular themes in my books adapted for the stage.
Stan: Why?
Stan: Such as?…
Charlie: Such as… I’m still playing with it…
Stan: Ok…Then, what about that bookseller?
Charlie: He asked me if I was Charlie Cooper. I said yes. He replied: “I’ve been told you were coming.”
Charlie: Well, when I took the book to the counter, he looked at me and smiled. I smiled back and he then asked me if I knew what the symbol on the book was.
Stan: Did you know?
Charlie: Yes, it was the Tree of Life. That’s what caught my eye when I saw it in the shop.
Stan: The Tree of Life? Is that some sort of green symbolistic thing?…
Charlie: No, no. Actually it’s a symbol for the evolution of life. It goes way back. I came across it while researching my current play. In fact, I was thinking of using a variation of that name for the play’s title.
Charlie: Before I came here to give Falbala a hand with the manuscript, I went into Greenwich village to 
meet Frankie for a coffee. On my way back back I came across a small shop of curios. I went in and bought this notebook.
Stan: This one here?
(Stan points to the book on the coffee table, from which Charlie extracted the letter)
Charlie: Yes. I liked the cover.
Stan: So, why do you think this is important?
Charlie: I’m not sure. But the man at the counter was a little strange.
Stan: How so?
While Chef Ludwig goes back to the stove to continue his preparations, Stan takes the letter from Charlie.
Stan: When did you receive this package?
Charlie: Yesterday. Somebody approached Chef while he was shopping in the village and gave it to him.
Stan: Any idea who might have wanted you to have this?
Charlie: Well, now that I know that the pendant is related to Kabbalah, I think I know where this tread may start.
Stan: What do you mean?
Falbala (still looking at the sheet of paper): These numbers look like coordinates.
Stan: You mean, to places?
Falbala: I think so. Charlie, let me make a copy of this.
Falbala goes to the table, copies the numbers in her notebook, then heads for the door.
Charlie: Where are you going?
Falbala: To the library. I want to check out a hunch.
Chef Ludwig: How long will you be gone? Dinner is almost ready!
Falbala: I shouldn’t be long, Chef. Can you keep me something warm? I’ll see you guys in a bit.
Falbala leaves.
Charlie: As far as I can tell, it looks like Hebrew.
Falbala: Yes, it is. I believe this is a Kabbalah talisman.
Stan: A what?…
Chef Ludwig: Yes, I remember seeing one in a house once, back in the old country.
Charlie: Why send me that?
Stan: More importantly, who?…
Charlie: But, that’s not all. There was also a pendant wrapped in that sheet.
She shows it to Stan.
Stan: I’ve seen that symbol before…
Chef comes from the stove, where he’s been preparing a snack for everyone, and looks at the pendant.
Chef Ludwig: Ah so…it is a hamsa, a protective hand.
Stan: Yes, that’s the shape. But what’s written in the middle?
Falbala: May I see?…
Stan: You never told me anything about a letter.
Charlie: I’m still trying to make sense of it.
Falbala: Why? What did it say?
Charlie: Not much, that’s the problem. It was only a single sheet of paper with numbers on it.
Falbala: Let me see…
Charlie picks up a book from the coffee table, opens it, takes a folded sheet of paper out and hands it to Falbala.
