And here's Scene 53 as scripted:
53 INT - STABLE - DAY 53
There are four horses in their stalls. Gerard stands looking at them as Quentin crosses to him.
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And that's when yesterday's first quote -
Page 19/Scene 53 - Gerard: 'You ride well?'
- comes up, followed by yesterday's second quote -
Page 19/Scene 53 - Quentin: 'I used to. When I was a kid. But it's been a long time. You better give me an easy one.'
- coming up, followed by the script continuing with:
Gerard takes a saddle from the rack and crosses to a large black stallion. He begins to saddle him up. Suddenly, he is friendly.
GERARD You ought to be able to handle this one.
Quentin crosses to the horse and looks him over.
QUENTIN Good-looking.
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And that's when today's quote -
Page 19/Scene 53 - Gerard: 'His name's Ulysses. Just give him his head and you'll think you're in a rocking chair.'
- comes up, followed by the script continuing with:
QUENTIN I'll do my best.
He puts his foot in the stirrup and swings up into the saddle. He adjusts the reins and is about to start forward.
GERARD I saw your wife today.
Quentin looks down at him.
53 CONTD CONTD 53
QUENTIN Yes.
A long pause.
GERARD She rides, doesn't she?
QUENTIN She does. But she won't today. I'll be back in a few hours.
He spurs the horse forward. HOLD ON Gerard as Quentin EXITS THE SHOT.
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End of scene. Though, as I said yesterday, the first half of the scene doesn't appear in the film as it stands now. However, if I understand things correctly, some version of the first half does appear in DC's original cut. But what's in the film at this point begins with Quentin putting his foot in the stirrup.
And obviously in the first half of the scene we don't know what the differences, if any, might be in the dialogue. However, as Quentin mounts the horse, he actually appears to say an unscripted "Good-looking, Phillips", which would seem to indicate that the horse's name has been changed in the film (quite possibly to the horse's real name), and after he's mounted, he actually tells the horse "Come on" as he's about to start off before Gerard speaks - and after Gerard asks if Quentin's wife rides, Quentin asks an unscripted "What did you say?" - to which Gerard asks with a stutter "I said she, she rides, doesn't she?" - to which Quentin actually responds with "Yes, she does", and then after telling the horse "Come on", he tells Gerard, "But not today", with nothing about being back in a few hours.
And as with the dialogue, we have no way of knowing what differences there might be when it comes to the directions and descriptions in the first half of the scene. However, so far as what is in the film, everything plays basically as scripted, although, it all takes place outside in the stable yard, not inside the stable - and when Gerard hears that Quentin's wife rides, he gets a smile on his face and then a look as if he'll be up to something.
And there are still no differences between the way DC's and Grayson Hall's scripts are written up to this point. However, in DC's script he has a notation in the first half of the scene that indicates that when Gerard is saddling the horse the saddle would be seen in the foreground as the camera shot then moves to Gerard in close-up.