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me

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day

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ked

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turn

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esta

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alin

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oma

poem

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my

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are

solit

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L:

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nth

enu

rse

brou

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inyo

urba

by,y

ousa

id:

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sis

not

my

baby

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:I

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ygri

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maf

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the

com

mitt

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iden

ceth

atyo

uw

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still

reje

ctin

gth

ech

ild.

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ET

A:

My

baby

was

take

naw

ayfr

omm

eat

two-

and-

a-ha

lfw

eeks.

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they

bro

ught

itba

ckla

ter

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asn’

t my

baby

any

mor

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evin

gover

the

day

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oppe

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east

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edin

ghi

m.

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rge

tth

attim

eba

ck.

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ypu

thim

on

pow

dere

dm

ilkan

dit

blew

him

up,

hew

asfa

t.T

hat

was

why

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id,

‘Thi

sis

notm

yba

by.’

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lost

that

baby

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PB

EL

L:

Iam

tryi

ngto

help

you.

GR

ET

A:

Iw

ant

togo

hom

e.C

AM

PBE

LL

:T

oyo

urhu

sban

d?G

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om

ym

oth

er.

CAM

PBEL

L:Iu

nder

stan

dth

atyo

udo

n’tg

eton

with

your

mot

her.

Why

?G

RE

TA

:W

hyw

hat?

CA

MPB

EL

L:

Why

do

yo

uw

ant

togo

hom

eto

your

mot

her?

GR

ET

A:

Iw

ant

tom

ake

my

fath

erje

alou

s.I

wan

tto

seduce

my

mo

ther

—in

fact

,Iw

ant

tose

duce

you.

CA

MP

BE

LL

:(H

eis

abou

tto

leav

eth

ero

om) G

oodb

yeG

reta

.G

RE

TA

:I

don’

tkno

ww

hich

isw

orse

—yo

urm

oral

good

heal

thor

your

hy

po

cris

y!

CAM

PBEL

L:M

yhy

pocr

isy?

GR

ET

A:

Mos

tmen

wan

tto

slee

pw

ithev

ery

attr

activ

ew

oman

they

mee

t.A

ndth

atis

norm

al.

Iwan

tto

slee

pw

ithm

ost m

en—

and

that

isno

tno

rmal

.A

ndI’

mno

tsu

ppos

edto

say

it.Is

n’t

that

the

poin

t?I’

mno

t —su

ppos

ed—

to—

use

—th

e—w

ords

!C

AM

PBE

LL

:W

hyw

on’t

you

retu

rnto

your

husb

and?

GR

ET

A:

My

husb

and

does

n’t w

antm

e.C

AM

PBE

LL

:Is

that

why

you

thre

wyo

urse

lfin

fron

tof

abu

s?G

RE

TA

:B

utI

didn

’t.

CA

MPB

EL

L:

You

did,

Gre

ta.W

eha

veto

agre

eab

out

this

piec

eof

real

ity.

Abu

sis

ave

rysu

bsta

ntia

lth

ing

—it

isn

ot

inyo

urhe

ad,

itis

out

ther

eon

the

road

.A

ndth

isis

your

body

, and

itis

real

and

subs

tant

ial

and

ifyo

upu

tyo

urbo

dyin

fron

tofa

mov

ing

bus

itw

illki

lly

ou

.N

owI

have

tofin

dou

tif

itw

as

your

inte

ntio

nor

not.

iiit

was

your

inte

ntio

n,yo

uar

est

ayin

ghe

re.

GR

ET

A:

And

ifit

was

n’t m

yin

tent

ion?

CA

MPB

EL

L:

You

may

beev

enm

ore

dang

erou

s.G

RE

TA

:So

eith

erw

ay,

I’m

stay

ing

here

?C

AM

PBE

LL

:N

otne

cess

arily

.G

RE

TA

:L

ook,

ifI

satd

own

onth

ero

adw

ithtw

enty

peop

leI’

dha

vebe

enar

rest

ed.

Bec

ause

Isa

t dow

non

the

road

onm

yow

nit

was

asu

icid

eat

tem

pt.

Con

finu

sw

hat

I’ve

alw

ays

susp

ecte

d—

the

diff

eren

cebe

twee

nin

sani

tyan

dpo

litic

sis

only

am

atte

rof

num

bers

!C

AM

PBE

LL

:So

you

wer

en’t

tryi

ngto

kill

your

self

—it

was

apo

litic

alac

t?W

hy?

Wha

tw

ere

you

prot

estin

gab

out?

GR

ET

A:

(Ina

udib

ly)

Bore

dom

.

CAM

PBEL

L:(H

eha

sn’t

hear

dpr

oper

ly)

I’m

sorr

y?G

RE

TA

:I

was

bore

d.Ir

anou

tof

aro

omw

here

som

epe

ople

wer

eha

ving

dinn

eran

dIs

atdo

wn

onth

ero

ad.

..

Imay

even

hav

ere

sente

dth

ato

ne

of

the

peo

ple

—th

ew

oman

givi

ngth

edi

nner

part

y—

had

flow

nw

ithth

eas

para

gus

from

Ital

yth

atm

orni

ng;

Im

ayh

ave

bee

nje

alous

that

she

was

ari

char

t

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criti

c,th

atev

eryo

neat

the

tabl

ew

asa

criti

cof

one

kind

or

anot

her.

And

Iha

dso

far

faile

dto

beev

ena

poor

artis

t.I

may

even

have

min

ded

that

the

artc

ritic

was

my

husb

and’

s

mis

tres

s.I

said

som

ethi

ngha

rsh

and

mad

eso

me

Eng

lishm

an’s

wif

ecr

y.

cAM

PBE

LL

:W

hydo

you

rese

ntbe

ing

Iris

hso

muc

h?

GR

ETA

:I

don’

tre

sent

bein

gIr

ish

—I

only

rese

ntit

bein

gpo

inte

d

out

tom

e.I

supp

ose

Iam

begi

nnin

gto

rese

ntbe

ing

the

only

Iris

hpe

rson

atev

ery

gath

erin

g.

CA

MPB

ELL:

Why

don’

tyo

um

eet

wit

hso

me

othe

rIr

ish

peop

le.

GR

ETA

:I

don’

tkn

owan

y,I

live

inO

xfo

rd.

..

Any

way

itse

ems

a

bit

vulg

ar,

you

know

togo

out

look

ing

for

peop

lew

hoha

ve

the

sam

eor

asi

mil

arac

cent

.O

hI

know

it’s

som

ethi

ngyo

u

Eng

lish

doal

lthe

tim

e,bu

tfr

ankl

yth

at’s

ago

odre

ason

for

not

doin

git

.

CA

MPB

ELL:

Why

isth

issu

cha

big

thin

gw

ith

you

peop

le?

Ico

me

from

Scot

land

,bu

tit’

sno

tim

port

ant

tom

e.

GR

ETA

:(S

hest

udie

shi

m) O

ch,

you’

rea

cod!

CAM

PBEL

L:I

unde

rsta

ndyo

uw

anta

divo

rce.

GR

ET

A:

My

husb

and

says

Ita

lkto

om

uch.

CA

MPB

EL

L:

You

won

’tge

tcus

tody

of

the

chil

dren

.

GR

ET

A:

Wha

t?C

AM

PBE

LL

:D

oyou

thin

kin

your

pres

ent

circ

umst

ance

sth

atan

y

cour

tw

ould

let

you

have

care

ofch

ildr

en?

GR

ET

A:

Oh

God

!th

enth

ere

isn’

tany

poin

t.

CA

MPB

EL

L:

Tam

thin

kin

gof

lett

ing

you

out

for

Eas

ter

tost

ay

wit

hyour

sist

er.

GR

ET

A;

That

’sim

poss

ible

!M

ysi

ster

live

sin

Toom

e.

CA

MPB

EL

L:

Whe

re?

GR

ET

A:

Toom

ebri

dge.

Nort

her

nIr

elan

d.

Idon’t

thin

ksh

e’d

have

me.

CA

MPB

EL

L:

You

have

two

sist

ers.

GR

ET

A:

Ah

wel

l,m

yot

her

sist

eris

ahi

ghly

succ

essf

ulso

met

hing

orot

her.

She’

sno

t in

touc

hw

ithth

efa

mily

—Ih

aven

’tse

en

her

for

year

s.

CA

MP

BE

LL

:D

oyo

uw

ant o

utof

here

?

GR

ET

A:

Of

cours

eI

wan

tout

of

her

e.

(He

goes

toth

edo

or.)

Dr

Cam

pbel

l?W

ait!

Plea

se!

(He

exits

.)(M

uuen

ng)

Ine

ver

thou

ght

Iw

asth

eV

irgi

nM

ary

anyw

ay.

I

just

hope

toC

hris

tI’

mno

tJo

hnth

eB

apti

st.

(Beg

ins

losi

ng.)

My

bonn

ylie

sov

erth

eoc

ean.

My

bonn

ylie

sov

erth

ese

a.

My

bonn

ylie

sov

erth

eoc

ean.

Oh

brin

gba

ckm

ybo

nny

tom

e.

(In

adi

ffer

entv

oice

)S

top

that

sing

ing!

(Beg

ins

agai

n,fa

lteri

ngly

)B

ring

back

,oh

brin

gba

ck,

Oh

brin

gba

ckm

ybo

nny

tom

e,to

me

(Sto

psde

ad,

beca

use

the

door

open

sand

ayou

ngw

oman

com

esin

with

anov

erni

ghtb

ag.S

hecl

oses

the

door

,dro

pssh

eba

gno

isily

.

She

has

one

ann

ina

slin

g.)

AO

IFE

:A

tla

st!

GRE

TA:(

Get

ting

slow

lyof

fthe

bed)

Aoi

fe?

AO

IFE

:G

reta

!(T

hey

hug.

)G

RE

TA

:W

hat

are

you

doin

gher

e?

AO

TFE:

Bee

nw

aiti

ng

outs

ide

all

morn

ing.

GR

ETA

;A

reyou

over

for

long?

AO

IFE

:I’

mher

eto

take

you

out.

GR

ETA

:Is

Dam

ion

wit

hyo

u?

AO

IFE

:H

e’s

athom

em

indin

gth

ech

ildre

n.

GR

ET

A;

Ith

ought

Iw

ashal

luci

nat

ing.

AO

IFE

;T

he

doct

or

says

you

can

gofo

ra

wee

k.

He’

sni

ce.

I’d

stay

ifit

was

me.

GR

ET

A:

You

alw

ays

give

the

glad

eye

toan

yone

Ili

ke.

AO

IFE

:O

K.

He’

snot

nice

.I

won’t

look

athim

.O

K?

GR

ET

A:

What

hap

pen

edto

your

wri

st?

A0I

EE

:I

bro

ke

itch

asin

gD

amio

nw

ith

the

carp

etcl

eaner

.It

’s

your

fault

,re

ally

.

GR

ET

A:

How

isit

my

fault

?

AO

IFE

;W

hen

your

flow

ers

arri

ved

onm

ybir

thday

,th

eyw

ere

so

bea

uti

ful

and

rom

anti

cI

thought

they

mig

ht

befr

om

alo

ver

—so

did

Dam

ion.

SoI

snat

ched

the

card

off

them

and

thre

w

itin

the

fire

.T

hat

was

how

the

row

bro

ke

out.

MI

day

Ili

ved

inhope

that

my

adm

irer

was

goin

gto

arri

ve

and

take

me

away

.M

yli

fe’s

am

ess,

that

hous

eis

aho

le,

Ire

ally

hat

eit

.

1: I

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The

nM

amm

yra

ngup

and

said

did

you

getG

reta

’sflo

wer

s?I

felt

terr

ible

beca

use

Ine

ver

send

you

anyt

hing

.A

ndw

hen

she

said

you’

dgo

nein

toho

spita

l—I

felt

even

wor

se.

Soyo

um

ustn

’tdo

itag

ain,

it’s

too

expe

nsiv

e.G

RETA

:Mus

tn’t

dow

hat

agai

n?A

OIE

E:Se

ndm

efl

ower

s.G

RE

TA

:D

oyo

uha

vem

any

love

rs?

AO

IEE

:I

have

four

orfiv

eph

one

num

bers

.D

idI

tell

you

Ifai

led

tose

duce

Rog

erA

rmst

rong

?G

RE

TA

:W

ho’s

Rog

erA

rmst

rong

?A

OIF

E:

Itw

asaf

ter

ale

ctur

ean

dI

knew

his

wife

was

away

.W

ew

ento

utfo

ram

eal

and

Iin

sist

edon

coff

eeat

his

hous

eSo

back

we

wen

t.Ip

rete

nded

tobe

tired

and

disa

ppea

red

offt

ohi

sbe

droo

mle

avin

gth

edo

orop

en.

Ilay

dow

non

the

bed

and

pret

ende

dto

beas

leep

.But

hene

ver

even

cam

eto

see

ill

was

all

righ

t.So

afte

r an

hour

ofth

at!

gave

upan

ddr

ove

hom

e.D

amio

nw

asst

andi

ngin

the

driv

ew

aitin

g.H

e’s

para

noid

.G

RE

TA

:I’

mso

glad

tose

eyo

u,A

oife

.You

mak

em

efe

elso

norm

al.

AO

IFE

:Y

ouar

enorm

al—

it’s

the

Eng

lish

who

’ve

apr

oble

m.

Wha

tdi

dy

ou

do

toge

tin

her

e?

GR

ET

A:

Ist

opped

abus.

Geo

rge

told

the

poii

ceI

was

suff

erin

g

from

post

nat

aldep

ress

ion.

AO

IEE

:Is

he

hav

ing

anaf

fair

?

GR

ET

A:

Ith

ink

so.

She’

san

artc

ritic

.D

iana

.A

OIF

E:

Why

can’

the

have

anaf

fair

with

outl

ocki

ngyo

uup

.G

RETA

:I

thin

khe

wan

tsth

ech

ildre

n—

you

know

.A

OIE

E:

Inev

erd

idli

ke

him

—I

neve

run

ders

tood

how

you

coul

dha

vem

arri

eda

cold

Eng

lish

man

.G

RE

TA

:It

’sn

ot

his

faul

t!

AO

TFE:

Oh

plea

se—

plea

se!

Ben

do

ver

bac

kw

ards

tobe

nice

!G

RE

TA

:A

untie

Cla

rem

arri

eda

man

from

Cor

nwal

laft

erhe

rfir

sthu

sban

dw

how

asIr

ish

trie

dto

stra

ngle

her.

She

lived

with

him

for

twen

ty-f

ive

year

san

dI

alw

ays

rem

embe

rhe

ras

the

happ

iest

wom

anI

knew

.Ie

nvie

dth

atfa

mily

.T

hey

wer

ea

loth

appi

erth

anou

rpa

rent

s’m

arri

age

has

ever

been

.A

OIE

E:

Aye

, wel

l,th

at’s

som

ethi

ngel

se.

GR

ETA

:E

xac

tly.

AO

IEE

:A

nyw

ay,

Uncl

eF

ran

kw

asa

Cel

t.

GR

ET

A:

Iam

aC

ath

oli

c,a

Pro

test

ant,

aH

ind

u,

aM

osl

em,

aJe

w.

A0I

FE:

All

right.

You

mar

ried

ara

t.-

GR

ET

A:

No.

Ido

n’t

belie

veth

atei

ther

.A

0IFE

:D

on’t

you

dare

beni

ceab

out h

imto

me!

He’

sco

mm

itted

.you

tom

enta

lhos

pita

l,he

’sgo

t you

rch

ildre

n,hi

sm

istr

ess,

his

care

eran

don

with

his

life.

Mea

nwhi

lelo

okat

you,

Gre

ta!

Ico

uld

kill

him

.G

RE

TA

:N

o.It

’sre

ally

noth

isfa

ult.

AO

IFE

:Sa

yw

haty

oulik

e—

but

this

Ibe

lieve

, the

Eng

lish

and

the

Iris

hca

nnot

love

each

othe

r.G

RE

TA

:M

ych

ildre

nar

eE

nglis

h.A

0IF

E:

Hal

fEng

lish.

Ifyo

uca

me

hom

ean

dbr

ough

tthe

mup

inIr

elan

dyo

u’d

soon

find

they

’dco

me

allr

ight

.G

RE

TA

:D

on’t

besi

lly,

my

child

ren

have

Eng

lish

acce

nts.

The

y’d

belik

efis

hou

tofw

ater

.A

0IF

E:

Whe

nw

asth

ela

sttim

eyo

uw

ere

hom

e?G

RE

TA

:I

have

n’t

been

toT

oom

ein

twen

tyye

ars.

AO

IFE

:N

o.I

mea

nto

visi

tMum

my

and

Dad

dy?

GR

ET

A:

Bel

fast

?T

hey

didn

’tlik

eG

eorg

e,so

Ist

ayed

away

.A

OIF

E:

And

the

child

ren?

GR

ET

A:

Mam

my’

sbe

enat

you!

A0T

FE

:Y

oune

ver

gone

arth

em.

GR

ET

A:

The

ydo

n’tl

ike

Geo

rge

—an

ym

ore

than

you

do.

AD

IFE

:It

’sth

eir

gran

dchi

ldre

n!G

RE

TA

:A

ndth

ey’r

em

ych

ildre

n!I

didn

’tse

ew

hat w

asha

ppen

ing

until

itw

asto

ola

te.

AO

IFE

:O

chI

know

.I

just

thin

kev

eryb

ody

shou

ldgo

hom

e.G

RE

TA

:A

oife

, you

live

thre

em

iles

from

whe

reyo

uw

ere

born

.A

ndyo

u’re

happ

yto

.Y

oum

arri

edth

em

anne

xtdo

or.

AO

IFE

:Id

idn’

t.D

amio

n’s

dad

had

the

land

byth

ees

tuar

y.I

wan

ted

tom

arry

Rog

erA

rmst

rong

but

(sig

hs).

..su

ppos

eyo

uca

n’t

have

ever

ythi

ng.

GR

ET

A:

God

—yo

u’re

sogr

eedy

!A

0IF

E:

Sm

I?G

RE

TA

:Y

ouw

ere

alw

ays

like

this

—yo

ual

way

sw

ere

the

one

toge

tev

eryt

hing

.E

very

body

’slo

ve.

Eve

rybo

dy’s

man

.

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Eve

rybo

dy’s

land

!R

emem

ber

we

used

tosi

t on

the

top

ofth

ebu

sco

min

gho

me

from

scho

olan

dyo

uus

edto

pick

the

best

hous

esan

dth

ebe

stfa

rms

and

say

‘tha

t’s

min

e.I

saw

itfi

rst.’

Eve

nin

Isp

y—

itw

asyo

urs!

AO

LFE

:It

was

only

wor

ds!

GRE

TA:I

’mno

tgo

ing

toIr

elan

dw

ithyo

uno

wan

dI’

mne

ver

goin

gba

ckto

live

ther

e.A

OLF

E:O

K—

Iw

asn’

tsu

gges

ting

you

shou

ld.

Any

way

Hel

en

invi

ted

usto

stay

wit

hhe

r.G

RE

TA

:O

hm

yG

od!

The

hum

ilia

tion

ofit

.A

fter

allt

hese

year

sof

fail

ure

who

hold

sou

ther

hand

tom

e—

bloo

dyH

elen

.

AO

IFE

:I

know

—M

amm

yal

way

ssa

yssh

eha

sca

shre

gist

ers

for

eyes

.B

utsh

eha

sa

grea

tfla

t—Im

ean

she

lives

ina

whi

telo

ftw

ithm

aple

floor

san

dbl

uedr

ain

pipe

s.I

can’

t wai

tto

get

hom

ean

ddo

our

barn

up!

Any

way

aw

eek

inL

ondo

n’s

wha

tw

ebo

thne

ed.

GR

ET

A:

How

muc

hdo

esH

elen

know

?A

OIF

E:Sh

ekn

ows

you’

vesp

litup

with

Geo

rge.

GRE

TA:J

esus

,gr

eat!

A0I

FE:

Now

com

eon

—ge

ty

ou

rsh

oes

on.

Her

e,he

re’s

your

coat

.

I’ll

ring

for

ata

xi.

(GRE

TAU

tSon

her s

hoes

and

coat

.A

OIF

Eex

its. S

helo

oks

arou

nd,

touc

hes

the

wal

lwith

the

zips

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rfin

gers

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TA

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ye,r

oom

.(G

RE

TA

exits

.)

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EN

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ning

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elen

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ftap

artm

ent.

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indo

wsl

ants

agai

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y.H

EL

EN

isst

andi

ngw

itha

drin

kin

herh

and

thou

ghtfu

llypo

ised

whe

nA

OIF

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who

still

man

ages

toap

pear

root

edan

dho

mel

yin

this

ahy

spac

e—

com

esin

toth

ero

om.S

heha

sta

ken

offh

ersl

ing.

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LE

N:

Wel

l?A

OIF

E:St

illsl

eepi

ng.

(HEL

ENha

nds

hera

drin

k.)

Tha

nks.

(She

acce

pts

the

whi

tew

ine.

)W

hat

are

we

goin

gto

do?

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EN:

She

need

sto

find

ajo

b.A0

TEE:

Och

,do

n’t

beso

prac

tical

.Sh

ene

eds

tofin

dher

self

firs

t.M

ym

amm

y’s

out

ofher

min

dab

out

the

who

leth

ing.

HE

LE

N:

My

moth

er’s

been

out

ofhe

rm

ind

for

year

s.

AO

IFE:

She

wor

ries

abou

tyo

uas

wel

l.

HE

LE

N:

Me?

I’m

flyi

ngre

ally

.T

her

ear

eth

ree

man

ager

ial

posi

tion

sin

my

com

pany

and

Ica

nha

vem

ypi

ck.

AO

TFE:

She

thin

ks

you

hate

her.

HE

LE

N:

Ido

n’t.

Ilo

vem

yfa

mil

y.I’

mju

stve

rybu

sy,

that

’sal

l.

My

boss

says

slow

dow

n—

your

life

will

stil

lbe

ther

e

tom

orr

ow

,b

ut

I’m

afra

idit

won

’t.

AO

IFE

:H

owlo

ngha

veyo

uli

ved

here

?

HE

LE

N:

About

aye

ar?

A0IF

E:

And

wil

lyo

ust

ay?

HE

LE

N:

(Nod

ding

)I’

vepl

atea

ued.

AO

IEE

:P

late

aued

?(L

ooks

arou

nd.)

Why

have

you

got

an

Am

eric

anac

cent

?H

EL

EN

:L

ondon

isn’

ta

good

plac

eto

have

anIr

ish

acce

ntri

ght

now

.I

find

whe

nI’

mbu

ying

orse

llin

gan

Am

eric

anac

cent

gets

me

thro

ugh

the

door

.W

here

asan

Iris

hac

cent

gets

me

foll

owed

round

the

stor

eby

apl

ainc

loth

esse

curi

tym

an.

I’m

not

exag

gera

ting

.A

0IE

E:

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ldn’

tan

Eng

lish

acce

ntbe

bette

r?-

HE

LE

N:

The

rear

elim

itsto

betra

yaJ

—ev

enfo

rme.

AO

IFE

:Su

ppos

eso

.But

allt

hesa

me

you

shou

ldke

epyo

urow

naccent.

(Abl

oodc

urdl

ing

wai

lis

hear

d,dr

owni

ngA

oife

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stw

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siste

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esp

ot.

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EN

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the

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iling

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eth

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enth

edo

orto

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room

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ET

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sbe

ensl

eepi

ngin

and

wai

ts—

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EL

EN

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reta

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that

you?

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ET

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pear

sw

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ranu

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ield

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ace.

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LE

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pulls

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are

inan

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kes

her t

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EL

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Her

e!G

RET

A:

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give

nup

alco

holf

orL

ent.

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LE

N:

It’s

lem

onad

e.-

(GR

ET

Adr

inks

the

bran

dy.S

hudd

ers.

)A

ndbr

andy

.(T

oA

OIF

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’sso

mew

here

else

.S

hene

eds

som

eth

ing

tobr

ing

her

back

.(G

RE

TA

finis

hes

the

glas

s.)

GR

ET

A:

I’m

sorr

y.

I’m

real

lyso

rry.

HE

LE

N:

Why

did

you

scre

am?

GRE

TA:

Idi

dn’t

scre

am.

AO

IFE:

You

didn

’t?

HEL

EN:

The

nw

hosc

ream

ed?

GR

ET

A:

Idon’t

kn

ow

,but

itw

asn’

tm

e.

A0L

FE:R

ight

enou

gh,

itdi

dn’t

soun

dlik

eyo

u.H

EL

EN

:W

hath

appen

ed?

GR

ET

A:

Th

esc

ream

wo

ke

me

—th

ere

was

som

ethin

gst

andin

gat

the

foot

ofm

ybe

d,it

scre

amed

.

HE

LE

N:

Oh

com

eon

!It

took

me

thre

eye

ars

tofin

dth

ispl

ace

and

all m

ylif

eto

affo

rdit

.It

isno

th

aun

ted

.Y

ouar

eha

unte

d.A

OIF

E:

Wha

tdid

you

see?

GR

ET

A:

Afi

gure

.L

ong

blac

kha

ir,

pale

,ver

yga

unt.

Lon

gw

hite

robes

.A

OIF

E:

My

God

—a

ban

shee

!H

EL

EN

:O

h,fo

rhe

aven

’ssa

ke!

Itw

aspro

bab

lyso

met

hin

gsh

e

ate.

Do

n’t

you

gobel

ievin

gher

.(T

oG

RE

TA

.)Y

ouw

ere

dre

amin

gan

dw

hen

you

wok

eup

you

carr

ied

ondre

amin

g

and

itm

ade

you

scre

am.

GR

ET

A:

Id

idn

’tsc

ream

.H

EL

EN

:It

hap

pen

sto

me

som

etim

esw

hen

I’m

tire

d.

AO

IFE

:(T

oG

RE

TA

)I

bel

iev

eyo

u.

GR

ET

A:

What

surp

rise

dm

ew

asw

hat

Isa

idto

it.

A0I

FE

:Y

ousp

oke

toit

?H

EL

EN

:W

hat

did

you

say?

GR

ET

A:

‘Wha

tis

it,

Moth

er?

HEL

EN:

The

re.

Itca

n’t

bea

ghos

t.M

othe

r’s

still

aliv

e.G

RE

TA

:Y

ou

do

n’t

thin

kit

mig

ht

bea

war

nin

g.

That

she’

sgoin

gto

die

.

HE

LE

N:

Loo

k,w

hydo

you

thin

kit’

sM

othe

r.Sh

e’s

hard

lyda

rkan

dth

in.

AO

LFE

:S

heus

edto

be—

whe

nsh

ew

asyo

unge

r.H

EL

EN

:Y

ou’r

eon

eas

bad

asth

eot

her.

AO

IFE

:Y

oudo

n’t

thin

kit

was

—H

EL

EN

:N

o.G

RE

TA

:W

hen

itst

opped

scre

amin

git

just

stoo

dan

dst

ared

atm

e,th

at’s

whe

nI

was

n’ts

ure

ifit

was

aw

oman

ora

man

.Y

oudo

n’t

thin

k.

..

you

don’

tth

ink

I’m

goin

gto

die,

doyo

u?

AO

IFE

:I

don’

t thi

nkit

has

anyth

ing

todo

wit

hyo

uat

all.

Itm

ight

even

belo

ngto

the

room

.It

’spr

obab

lyan

Eng

lish

ghos

t.H

EL

EN

:W

hat

isit

wit

hyo

u—

does

ever

ythi

ngha

veto

have

ana

tion

alit

y?E

ven

agh

ost?

(To

GR

ET

A.)

Thi

spl

ace

isno

thau

nte

d.

Itw

asyo

urow

nan

ger

you

wer

elo

okin

gat

!

AO

LF

E:

Hel

en, w

hen

are

you

goin

gto

real

ize

that

you

don’

tge

tpe

ople

toac

cept

your

argum

ents

bysh

outi

ng

loud

erth

anan

ybod

yel

se.

HE

LE

N:

Tru

e.B

utit’

sus

uall

yth

ear

gum

ent

they

rem

ember

.

GR

ET

A:

She

’sri

ght,

though.

Iam

angr

y.B

ut

the

appar

itio

nw

asn’

tso

much

ange

r—

as—

woe

.H

EL

EN

:W

oe?

AO

IEE

:D

idit

spea

kto

you?

GR

ETA

:Y

ouh

eard

it!A

OIF

E:

Bu

tno

wo

rds?

GR

ETA

:Ju

stth

eth

ought.

AO

IFE

:W

hat

thought?

(GR

ET

Ade

mon

stra

tes

the

thou

ght:

bese

echi

ng.)

GR

ETA

:It

felt

asif

the

who

leof

Irel

and

was

cryi

ngou

tto

me.

A0I

FE:

God

!G

RET

A:

Tha

t’s

wha

tI

thought,

too.

Ith

ought:

Chri

st.

HE

LE

N:

Now

sto

pth

at!

AO

IFE

:M

ayb

e,no

wdon’t

mis

under

stan

dth

is,

bu

tm

aybe

you

should

try

and

goto

con

fess

ion.

It’s

may

be

yo

ur

guil

t.I

mea

nyo

um

arri

edan

En

gli

shP

rote

stan

t,an

dnone

of

yo

ur

chil

dre

nar

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apti

zed

.G

RET

A:

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sn

ot

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rote

stan

t,he

’sa

Mar

xis

t.A

nyw

ay—

Ica

n’t

go

toco

nfe

ssio

n.

A0t

FE

:O

fco

urs

eyou

can.

Eve

nth

eIR

Ago

toco

nfe

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n.

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GR

ET

A:

Ica

n’t

goto

conf

essi

onbe

caus

eId

on’t

belie

vein

it.I

don’

tbel

ieve

inG

od!

HE

LE

N:

The

nw

hy?

GR

ETA

:T

hat’

sw

hyJa

mso

angr

yab

out

wha

t’s

happ

enin

gto

me.

HEL

EN:

Wha

tis

happ

enin

gto

you?

GRE

TA:

Dev

ils!

Ang

els!

Voi

ces!

Pict

ures

!Ie

ven

get s

mel

ls. T

hew

hole

thin

g!H

ELEN

and

AO

TFE:

Wha

twho

leth

ing?

GR

ETA

:A

tfi

rst

Iw

asaf

raid

togo

tosl

eep.

Or

turn

out

the

ligh

t.

But

,no

wit

happ

ens

whe

nI’

maw

ake

and

wal

king

arou

ndin

broa

dda

ylig

ht.

Imea

n—

why

’she

pick

ing

onm

e?T

here

’sA

oife

with

her.

five

Cat

holic

child

ren

—an

dhe

rgo

odC

atho

licm

arri

age.

And

Mas

san

dC

omm

unio

nat

leas

t onc

ea

mon

th.

And

hedo

esn’

tpi

ckon

her!

Or

even

you,

Hel

en—

the

way

you

live.

Aoi

fesa

ysyo

u’re

still

lyin

gdo

wn

befo

rem

arri

ed

men

.(H

ELEN

look

sat

A0I

FE,

buuz

eUhe

r int

erru

pts

GR

ET

A.)

You

’dth

ink

you

mig

htse

eth

ede

vil

inth

eco

rner

ofth

ero

om

from

time

toti

me

out

ofgu

iltor

som

ethi

ng.

But

ohno

—he

com

esto

rmen

ting

me!

Me,

I’m

not

even

aC

hris

tian

.I

don’

t

wan

tth

is—

Ido

n’tw

ant

tobe

Iris

h.J’

mE

nglis

h,F

renc

h,G

erm

an.

AO

IFE:

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notG

erm

an,

sure

ly.

Nob

ody’

dw

ant t

obe

Ger

man

.H

ELEN

:So

unds

like

you’

dre

ally

like

New

Yor

k.A

OIF

E:W

ell,

may

beth

at’s

it.H

e’s

chos

enyo

ube

caus

eyo

uar

eso

clea

r.H

EL

EN

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lear

—th

isis

mut

hG

RET

A:

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amI

clea

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mea

ntr

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t.G

reta

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ton

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son

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ybod

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e’s

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utra

l—

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expr

esse

shi

mse

lfth

roug

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r.H

EL

EN

:W

ait

am

inut

e!W

hois

this

guy

we’

real

lta

lkin

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out?

AO

IFE

:A

llri

ght

—it.

GR

ET

A:

Yes

.It

—is

righ

t.B

utI

don’

twan

tt

—I

don’

tw

ant

this

!

HE

LE

N:

How

long

has

this

been

goin

gon

?G

RE

TA

:S

ince

Ica

me

toE

ngla

nd.

Abo

uttw

oye

ars

afte

rI

firs

tar

rive

d.H

EL

EN

:B

utth

at’s

near

ly—

GR

ET

A:

—fif

teen

year

s.A

OIF

E:

(Qui

etly

)A

ndyo

une

ver

told

anyo

nebe

fore

toni

ght?

GR

ET

A:

(Pau

se)

Wel

lI

did,

actu

ally

.I

told

Geo

rge

atth

ebe

ginn

ing.

Ish

ould

n’t h

ave.

But

Idi

d.H

eto

ldth

edo

ctor

san

dth

at’s

why

Iw

on’t

get m

yki

dsb

ack

.,pr

obab

ly.

The

yth

ink

Ith

ink

I’m

the

Vir

gin

Mar

y—

but

it’s

mor

eco

mpl

icat

edth

anth

at.

HE

LE

N:

Who

doyo

uth

ink

you

are?

GR

ET

A:

Tha

t’s

wha

tI

can’

tan

swer

.Y

ouse

e,I

only

get

ali

ttle

bit

ofth

epi

ctur

eat

ati

me

and

it’s

upto

me

toin

terp

ret

it.O

nce

whe

nI

had

that

art

teac

hing

job

near

Exm

oor.

Iha

ted

that

scho

ol.

Eng

lish

Cat

holi

cs.

The

yus

edto

call

me

the

Iris

hA

rtT

each

er.

And

the

girl

sus

edto

say

infr

ont

ofm

e—

asif

toof

fend

me

—as

ifI

care

d:F

athe

rSo

and

So’s

abo

gIr

ish

prie

st.

Oh

God

!I’

mdo

ing

this

agai

nar

en’t

I—

I’m

capm

ting

you

wit

hm

yst

ory.

Geo

rge

says

Ido

ital

lth

eti

me.

HE

LE

N:

Nev

erm

ind

Geo

rge.

Wha

tha

ppen

ed?

GR

ET

A:

Wel

l,th

efi

rst

holi

day

was

am

id-t

erm

brea

kso

we

rent

ed

aho

use

for

aw

eek.

Iw

ante

dto

doso

me

pain

ting

.I

hadn

’tpa

inte

dsi

nce

art

coll

ege.

Ipr

acti

call

yra

naw

ay.

The

rew

asa

half

door

toth

eho

use,

and

whe

nyo

ulo

oked

out

atth

era

infa

llin

gin

the

glen

,yo

uco

uld

hear

ast

ream

near

byan

dth

ew

hole

thin

gov

erw

helm

edm

ew

ith

hom

esic

knes

s.I

kIt

Iw

asba

ckin

the

glen

sof

Ant

rim

.A

OIF

E:

Up

the

airy

mou

ntai

n,do

wn

the

rush

ygl

en,

we

dare

n’t

goa-

hunt

ing

GR

ET

A:

Fo

rfe

arof

litt

lem

en.

HE

LE

N:

Go

on.

GR

ET

A:

Wel

l,th

ere

we

wer

ew

ith

the

rain

and

the

radi

o—

Iw

asve

ryag

itat

edbe

fore

Iw

ent

tosi

eep

asif

Ikn

ewso

met

hing

was

com

ing.

Any

way

,I

mus

tha

vefa

llen

asle

epev

entu

ally

—I

don’

tre

mem

ber

drea

min

g—

but

Ire

mem

ber

thin

king

that

it

wou

ldbe

all

righ

tff

1di

edin

the

nigh

tbe

caus

eno

one

wou

ldm

iss

me.

AO

IFE

:W

ew

ould

mis

syo

u!G

RE

TA

:I

was

ascl

ose

toco

mm

ittin

gsu

icid

eas

Iha

veev

erbe

enin

my

life.

A0IF

E:

Nev

erco

mm

itsu

icid

e.It

’sca

llin

gin

deat

hon

the

love

you

L

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didn

’tge

tin

life.

It’s

ate

rrib

leth

ing

for

aw

oman

tole

ave

asA

OIF

E:T

hePl

ough

!Y

ousa

wth

esy

mbo

l oft

heIr

ish

Citi

zen

anep

itaph

.G

RE

TA

:I

won

’tdo

itno

wbe

caus

eI

have

child

ren.

And

Iw

asn’

ttr

ying

toco

mm

itsu

icid

ew

hen

Isa

tdow

nin

the

road

.B

utat

that

time

inth

eho

use

inth

egl

en—

two

year

saf

ter

Ica

me

toE

ngla

nd,I

felt

suic

idal

and

that

’sw

hen

itha

ppen

ed.

HE

LE

N:

Wha

t?G

RE

TA

:I—

died

.(U

nexp

ecte

dly

the

phon

erin

gs,f

ourr

ings

.Th

ew

omen

rem

ain

wai

ting

inst

unne

dsi

lenc

e.Th

eph

one

clic

ksto

alo

udan

swer

ing

mac

hine

mes

sage

.)V

OIC

E:

(Int

imat

em

ale)

Hi.

It’s

me.

I’m

back

.G

ive

me

aca

ll.

(The

answ

erin

gm

achi

necl

icks

off

HE

LE

Nlo

oks

dist

ract

edly

tow

ards

thep

hone

and

atth

esa

me

time

look

sat

GR

ET

A;

she

isto

rn.)

AO

IFE

:W

hatm

akes

you

thin

kyo

udi

ed?

GR

ET

A:

Bec

ause

whe

nI

open

edm

yey

esth

ero

omw

asn’

tthe

re.

(Pau

se.)

And

whe

nIp

utm

yha

ndou

t,Ic

ould

n’tf

ind

Geo

rge.

Iw

asco

mpl

etel

yal

one.

HEL

EN:

You

’re

scar

ing

me.

AO

IFE:

Wha

tw

asth

ero

omlik

e?G

RET

A:

Ros

esev

eryw

here

.O

nth

ecu

rtai

ns,

onth

eca

rpet

s,on

the

beds

prea

ds.

Ich

ose

that

room

beca

use

itw

asn’

tso

oppr

essi

ve.

The

rew

eren

’tro

ses

onth

ew

alls

asw

ell.

Isw

ear

toyo

uI

was

n’t

drea

min

gw

hen

Iop

ened

my

eyes

—I

was

lyin

gou

tun

der

the

star

sw

ith

the

nigh

tw

ind

onm

yfa

cean

dI

was

socl

ose

toth

ehe

aven

s,as

ff1

wer

ely

ing

onto

pof

am

ount

ain,

that

Ico

uld

see

quit

ecl

earl

yth

est

arco

nste

llat

ion.

Iw

asin

such

desp

air

that

Iop

ened

my

mou

than

dle

tou

ta

huge

cry

unti

lm

yvo

ice

fille

dth

ew

hole

sky.

And

Ife

ltit

leav

em

ybo

dyan

dgo

upin

toth

est

ars.

Idi

d.A

ndI

knew

Iha

ddi

edth

atni

ght.

HE

LE

N:

Why

wer

eyo

uin

desp

air?

AO

JFE

:W

hat

star

cons

tell

atio

ndi

dyo

use

e?G

RET

A:

Sur

eho

ww

ould

Ikn

ow?

Ido

n’t

get

info

rmat

ion,

Iju

stse

eth

ings

!A

0IFE

:D

escr

ibe

it.G

RET

A:

Ther

ew

ere

seve

nst

ars

—in

anar

rang

emen

t.

Arm

y!H

EL

EN

:N

o!

A0I

FE:

Yes

.G

RET

A:

Iha

teal

lthat

stuf

f.I

real

lyha

teit

.H

EL

EN

:It

’snoth

ing

todo

wit

hth

eC

itiz

enA

rmy.

Itco

uld

have

been

the

Ple

iade

s.T

he

seve

nsi

ster

s.G

RET

A:

Yes

.In

fact

I’m

not

sure

that

itw

asn’

tth

eP

leia

des

that

Isa

w.

AO

IFE:

You

’re

Iris

h.

Not

Gre

ek.

Itw

asth

eP

loug

hyo

usa

w.

HE

LE

N:

What

did

you

doab

ou

tit

?G

RE

TA

:I

gave

upte

achi

ngin

Exm

oor.

We

mov

edto

London..

Igo

tpr

egna

nt.

AO

IFE

:I

alw

ays

thou

ghty

outh

rew

your

self

away

.G

RE

TA

:I

had

nose

lfto

thro

waw

ay—

Idi

ed,r

emem

ber.

Ito

okso

me

fore

ign

lang

uage

teac

hing

and

adul

tli

tera

cycl

asse

s.Y

oukn

ow,i

mm

igra

nts

and

illi

tera

tead

ults

.M

ostl

yIr

ish

wor

kers

and

conf

used

Asi

anch

ildre

n.I

taug

htth

emto

read

and

wri

tein

Eng

lish

.I

wan

ted

tobe

Eng

lish

.A

OIF

E:

So

you

ignore

dth

eP

lough.

GR

ETA

:I

ran

asfa

raw

ayas

Ico

uld

get

from

Irel

and.

HE

LE

N:

Wha

tw

ent

wro

ng?

GR

ET

A:

Th

evis

ions

go

tw

orse

.I

mea

n,th

eybe

gan

toha

ppen

mo

reoft

en.

And

som

ethn

esth

ey’d

have

apl

ayfu

lqu

alit

y,you

know

,I’

dth

ink

bird

sw

ere

talk

ing

tom

e.O

rI’

dfa

ncy

som

eone

and

they

’dtu

rnu

psi

ttin

gbeh

ind

me

atth

esc

ho

ol

spo

rts

day

and

gri

nn

ing

atm

e—

exce

ptth

ey’r

eno

tre

ally

ther

e,bec

ause

they

’re

fam

ous

orde

ad.

Ine

ver

min

ded

tho

se.

AO

IEE

:H

ow

do

you

know

they

wer

en’t

sitt

ing

behi

ndy

ou

atth

esc

ho

ol

spo

rts?

GR

ET

A:

Rober

tK

enned

y?

AO

IFE

:Y

eah

,you

wer

ehal

luci

nat

ing.

GR

ETA

:T

hat’

sw

hat

Ith

ink.

Iev

ensa

wP

aul

Rob

eson

once

.H

EL

EN

:It

’sy

ou

rdes

ire.

GR

ET

A:

Ik

no

wth

at.

AO

IFE

:H

ew

asm

’dad

dy’s

big

her

o.

GR

ET

A:

It’s

when

Iget

the

big

reli

gio

us

mes

sages

that

wo

rrie

sm

e.

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AO

IFE

:‘W

hatb

igre

ligio

usm

essa

ges?

GR

ET

A:

Tak

eth

eco

mm

unio

nou

toft

hech

urch

esan

dgi

veit

toth

epe

ople

inth

ebu

squ

eues

.A

OIF

E:

Wel

ltha

tsou

nds

harm

less

enou

gh.

GR

ET

A:

Itso

unds

com

plet

ely

idio

tic.

HE

LE

N:

Don

’tdo

it.Y

oudo

n’th

ave

todo

anyt

hing

abou

tthi

s,yo

ukn

ow.

GR

ET

A:

Wha

tdo

you

thin

kI a

m—

craz

y?Y

outh

ink

I’m

goin

gto

rob

chur

ches

and

dist

ribu

teco

mm

unio

nw

afer

s?W

hyis

ever

ybod

yso

liter

al?

HE

LE

N:

Soyo

u’re

not g

oing

todo

anyt

hing

abou

tit

?

GRE

TA:O

fcou

rse

not.

(She

sudd

enly

clut

ches

hers

tom

ach.

AO

IFE

and

HE

LE

Ndo

n’t

notic

eth

issy

mpt

om.)

AO

IFE

:D

oyo

uth

ink

itha

ppen

edbe

caus

eyo

uca

me

toE

ngla

nd?

GR

ET

A:

Ido

,ye

s.Y

ouse

e,I

left

Irel

and

in19

79,

but

I nev

erar

rive

din

Eng

land

.I

don’

tkn

oww

here

Iw

ent.

A0

IFE

:B

utw

hydo

esn’

tH

elen

have

visi

ons?

She’

sliv

edin

Lon

don

alo

tlon

ger

than

an

yo

ne.

HE

LE

N:

Ido

n’t

have

visi

ons;

Iha

vese

x.A

OIF

E:

But

she

has

ahusb

and!

HE

LE

N:

It’s

not

the

sam

eth

ing.

AO

IFE

:A

ye,

right

enough.

(GRE

TAsu

dden

lydo

uble

sup

.)G

RE

TA

:O

hG

od!

AO

IFE

:W

hat’

sw

rong

?G

RE

TA

:M

ypain

sar

eback.

(She

isin

agon

y,sh

edr

ops

tohe

rhne

eson

thef

loor

.H

EL

EN

mov

esqu

ickl

yto

herb

agto

gets

omep

arac

etem

ol.B

rings

itw

itha

glas

sof

wat

erto

GR

ET

A.)

A0

IFE

:T

hat’

sbr

andy

onan

empt

yst

omac

h.G

RE

TA

:It

’snot.

It’s

beca

use

I’m

telli

ngyo

uab

out

it.

I’m

bein

g

puni

shed

.O

hpl

ease

—(S

heis

writ

hing

inag

ony

onth

eflo

or.S

heta

kes

the

pill.

)G

RE

TA

:It

know

sI’

mno

tgoi

ngto

obey

itan

dit’

shu

rtin

gm

e.H

EL

EN

:O

bey

it?G

RE

TA

:Y

es,

the

whole

po

int

isto

resi

st.

HE

LE

N:

Sho

uld

we

get

adocto

r?

GR

ET

A:

No

docto

rs!

-

AO

IFE

:Sh

e’ll

beal

lrig

htin

am

inut

e.H

EL

EN

:Sh

e’s

real

lyve

ryill

.A

OIF

E:

Ho

wlo

ng

befo

reth

atpi

llta

kes

effe

ct?

(HE

LE

Nlo

oks a

ther

wat

ch.)

HE

LE

N:

Tw

enty

min

ute

s.H

ere

.

(She

take

sa

thro

w-o

verb

lank

etfr

omth

ech

aira

ndto

geth

erth

eyw

rap

the

wri

thin

gbo

dyof

thei

rsis

teri

nit.

)I

wis

hC

hitt

raw

ere

here

.S

he’d

know

wha

tto

do.

AO

IFE

:W

ho’s

Ch

ittr

a?

HE

LE

N:

My

neig

hbou

r.Sh

e’s

aG

P.T

erri

bly

good

.S

heex

plai

ns

ever

ythi

ngto

me.

She

know

sal

lab

out

the

body

,bu

tsh

e’s

in

Goa

for

aho

lida

y.G

RE

TA

:N

obod

yis

tobe

told

abou

tth

is.

You

have

topr

omis

eno

t

tobr

eath

ea

wor

dab

out

wha

tha

sha

ppen

ed.

Ifyo

udo

I’ll

deny

ever

ythi

ng.

Pro

mis

em

e—no

ta

wor

d.

HE

LE

N:

All

righ

t.A

0IF

E:

Ibl

ame

my

dadd

y.H

EL

EN

:W

hat’s

hego

tto

dow

ithit?

Aol

FE

:H

eco

ncen

trat

edon

her

som

uch.

He

neve

rta

lked

toyo

u

orm

elik

ehe

talk

edto

her.

He

thou

ght

Iw

asbr

ain.

dam

aged

atbi

rth.

He

thou

ght

you

wer

ea

capi

tali

st.

GR

ET

A:

He

was

righ

tab

out

both

ofyo

u.(S

hega

sps

inpa

in—

calli

ngou

t.)H

EL

EN

:Y

ou’r

eno

tpre

gnan

t,ar

eyo

u?T

hey

seem

like

cont

ract

ions

.G

RE

TA

:T

hey

are

cont

ract

ions

—pl

ease

hold

onto

me.

(The

spas

mof

pain

pass

esan

dle

aves

her g

aspi

ng,

buts

till.)

Ith

ink

Ikno

ww

hat i

sha

ppen

ing.

HE

LE

N:

Wha

tis

happ

enin

g?G

RE

TA

:M

yvo

ice

has

com

eba

ckto

me.

Aft

eral

l the

seye

ars.

Fro

mth

eni

ght

itle

ftm

ein

Exm

oor

and

Idi

ed.

Ton

ight

it

cam

eba

ck.

Oh

I’m

soha

ppy.

Do

you

know

wha

tth

ism

eans

?

AO

TFE

:It

mea

nsyo

u’re

not

dead

any

mor

e,ri

ght?

GR

ET

A:

Itm

eans

that

I’m

back

.It

mea

nsth

atfr

omno

won

ever

ythi

ngI

say

will

betr

ue.

HE

LE

N:

Why

does

this

fill m

ew

ith

alar

m?

GR

ET

A:

Now

all!

have

todo

isw

ait—

H

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AO

IFE

:W

ait?

GRE

TA: T

ose

ew

hat I

ambe

ing

prep

ared

for.

HEL

EN:

Wai

t!W

aita

min

ute!

How

doyo

ukn

owth

atth

isth

ing

GR

ET

A:

Th

evo

ice!

HE

LE

N:

Ido

n’t k

now

wha

t iti

s —le

t’sca

llit

It.

How

doyo

ukn

owth

atIt

isgo

od?

Hm

mh?

GR

ET

A:

Iju

stk

no

w.

Iju

stk

no

wI’

dli

keto

goan

dse

eM

um

my

and

Dad

dyto

mor

row

.A

OIF

E:

(To

HE

LE

N)

Will

you

com

e?H

EL

EN

:I

don’

t kno

w.

AO

IFE

:I’

dpre

fer

ifyo

uca

me

wit

hus

.Y

ouco

uld

dri

ve

us.

HE

LE

N:

Yes

Iknow

,b

ut

Iha

veth

ings

todo

her

e.A

OIF

E:C

ould

n’tt

hey

wai

t —I

mea

nyo

u’re

quite

abi

gfis

hin

your

orga

niza

tion

GR

ET

A:

An

dI’

dli

keto

see

Eli

sh.

Iha

veto

spea

kto

Eli

sh.

HE

LE

N:

No.

Def

init

ely

not.

A0I

FE

:W

hy

do

you

wan

tto

see

Elis

h?G

RETA

:D

oyo

ukn

oww

here

she

is?

HEL

EN:

Iha

teco

nven

ts!

AO

IFE:

She’

sm

oved

arou

nda

bit.

I use

dto

see

her

whe

nsh

ew

asin

Don

nybr

ook.

But

sinc

esh

em

oved

toB

elfa

stIh

aven

’tkep

tin

touc

h.M

amm

y’ll

have

the

addr

ess.

GRE

TA:

Iwis

hyo

uw

ould

n’tl

ook

asif

you

pit

ied

me.

HE

LE

N:

Forg

ive

me.

Iha

vepro

ble

ms

of

my

own.

Aot

FE:

Who

calle

dyo

u?H

ELEN

:A

frie

nd.

A0I

FE

:Is

heim

port

ant

toyo

u?H

EL

EN

:II

Iw

ent

away

—he

wou

ldfa

llap

art.

GRE

TA:A

reyo

ulik

ely

togo

away

?H

EL

EN

:Y

es—

heli

ves

wit

hso

meo

neel

se.

GR

ET

A:

Oh,

Ise

e.H

EL

EN

:N

oyo

ud

on

’tse

e.N

eith

erof

you

see!

He

says

it’s

inte

llec

tual

.A

OIF

E:

So

yo

u’r

enot

slee

ping

wit

hhi

m?

HE

LE

N:

I’m

nots

leep

ing

with

him

—b

ut

Iw

ish

Iw

ere.

AO

IFE

:T

hat

old

routi

ne

—he

wan

tsto

leav

ey

ou

rbody

ou

to

fit

.G

RE

TA

:H

ew

ants

tofu

ckh

erb

rain

.A

OIF

E:

Bas

tard

.

GR

ET

A:

Isa

idso

met

hing

else

toth

eap

pari

tion.

HE

LE

N:

Wha

t?G

RET

A:

Isa

idyou

mu

stn

’thar

mm

yfa

mil

y.

AO

IFE

:T

hat

was

ast

rang

eth

ing

tosa

y.

Did

itno

tre

ply?

GRET

A:N

othi

ng,

just

that

terr

ible

wai

l —as

ifth

ew

hole

ofIr

elan

dw

ere

cryi

ngo

ut

tom

e.H

EL

EN

:I

thin

km

aybe

Iw

illta

kea

few

days

ou

tan

ddr

ive

you

hom

eto

mor

row

.(T

heph

one

rings

.H

EL

EN

look

san

xiou

sly

tow

ards

the

phon

e.Th

eph

one

clic

ksof

f.It

rings

agai

n.)

AO

IFE

:F

or

hea

ven

’ssa

ke

answ

erth

ete

lephone

or

Iw

ill.

HE

LE

N:

I’m

afra

idin

case

it’s

him

.(A

0IF

Ege

tsup

and

pick

sup

the

phon

e.)

AO

IFE

:H

ell

o?.

..D

anño

n?R

ight

.O

K.

Tha

nks.

I’ll

call

you

back

.(S

hepu

tsdo

wn

the

phon

e.)

Dad

dy’s

had

ahe

art

atta

ck.

(HE

LE

Nlo

oks

atG

RE

TA

.)H

EL

EN

:Y

ouan

dy

ou

rb

loo

dy

bans

hee!

(Dar

knes

s,on

lyG

RE

TA

islit

.)G

RE

TA

:A

fter

aw

hil

e,w

hen

ever

ythi

ngw

asqu

iet

I’d

pull

the

bed

away

from

the

door

and

goto

slee

p.A

ndit

wou

ldha

ppen

that

inth

em

iddl

eo

fth

eni

ght

she’

dco

me

burs

ting

in—

and

she’

dst

and

ther

e,tr

embli

ng

and

frig

hte

ned

hers

elf.

And

I’d

have

topu

the

rba

ckto

bed.

Iton

lyha

ppen

edth

atsu

mm

erw

hen

Iw

asth

irte

en,

and

the

oth

ers

wer

eaw

ay.

Itnev

erhap

pen

edan

yoth

eryea

r—

and

Ine

ver

knew

why...

(Lig

hton

AO

IPE

and

HE

LE

N,

who

have

rem

aine

d.)

AO

IFE

:H

ew

asa

real

lyse

xym

an,

my

dadd

y.M

Im

yfr

iend

sat

scho

olfa

ncie

dhi

m.

HE

LE

N:

He

didn

’tlo

oklik

ea

fish

erm

an.

Ilik

edhi

min

his

big

boot

s.T

hew

ader

s.A

OIF

E:

Em

erM

cGff

licu

ddy

use

dto

say

he

look

edlik

eE

rnes

tH

emin

gway

.H

EL

EN

:Y

ou

wonder

that

he

mar

ried

such

ath

inw

om

an.

(Pau

se..

GR

ET

A:

Ex

cep

tth

ere

was

abo

oksh

e’d

been

read

ing

that

sum

mer

—a

chea

pporn

ogra

phic

story

of

ince

st,

the

rape

of

agi

rlby

her

fath

er.

Whe

nM

othe

rre

adth

isst

ory

itdr

ove

rI Li

iS‘9

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her

mad

.Sh

eus

edto

rim

insc

ream

ing:

‘Whe

reis

he?

Whe

rear

eyo

uhi

ding

him

?’A

ndw

hen

heca

me

hom

e,he

took

that

book

and

hebu

rnt

it.So

Ikn

ewfr

oman

earl

yag

eth

atbo

oks

wer

eve

rypo

wer

ful

thin

gs.

Tha

tso

me

stor

ies

wer

eda

rkst

orie

san

dso

me

stor

ies

wer

elig

htst

orie

s—

and

you

coul

dn’t

dove

rym

uch

abou

twhi

chon

esgo

tins

ide

beca

use

mos

tlyyo

uw

ould

n’tk

now

until

itw

asto

ola

te.

Unt

ilon

eda

ype

rhap

sby

chan

ceso

meo

new

ould

begi

nto

tell

you

ast

ory

oryo

u’d

pick

upa

part

icul

arbo

ok,a

ndth

efin

eha

irat

the

back

ofyo

urne

ckw

ould

begi

nto

stan

dup

,an

dth

eso

unds

inth

ero

omw

ould

fade

—an

dyo

uw

ould

reco

gniz

et.

..

Idi

dso

wan

tto

befu

llof

light

.

SC

EN

E3

Dar

k.Th

eso

und

ofnu

nssi

ngin

gbe

auti

full

y(t

heea

rly

mor

ning

offic

efor

the

dead

).Th

enit

isbr

oken

offs

udde

nly

—an

da

deep

sigh

ishe

ard.

Asi

ghof

grea

tdes

pair,

asif

hear

din

adr

eam

,the

dow

nsid

eof

the

sing

ing

voic

es.

Ligh

t.A

conv

ent,

entra

nce

hall,

Bel

fast

.Tw

oda

ysla

in.

Hol

yTh

ursd

ay.A

drap

edpu

rple

cruc

ifix

hang

sov

erth

eha

ll.A

YO

UN

GSI

STE

Ris

scru

bbin

gaf

loor

—m

akin

gan

arc;

itm

akes

arh

ythm

icso

und.

Then

GR

ET

Aw

alks

tow

ards

herw

itha

bund

leof

clot

hes

inbr

own

pape

r.-

GR

ET

A:

I’ve

com

eto

see

my

cous

in—

Elis

hO

’Too

le?

(The

YO

UN

GSI

STER

look

sup

;she

isa

novi

cew

itha

shor

tvei

l.Sh

elo

oks

blan

kly.

)I’

mG

reta

Coo

k—

Im

ean

Flyn

n.M

ym

othe

rse

ntth

ese

clot

hes

for

the

orph

anag

e.R

ose.

My

mot

her’

sR

ose

Flyn

nSh

esa

ysm

yco

usin

ishe

re.

Sist

er—

ohw

ait,

you

chan

geyo

urna

mes

—it’

sB

etha

ny.

Sist

erB

etha

ny.

(The

YO

UN

GS

IST

ER

gets

upan

dta

kes

her p

aila

ndhu

rrie

saw

ay.

Thre

ebe

llsar

eso

unde

d.

Gre

talo

oks

arou

nd.S

hew

aits

.Su

dden

ly,f

oots

teps

, aw

oman

com

esru

nnin

g—

full

ofen

ergy

.Sh

eis

wea

ring

atra

cksu

it,he

rhea

dis

unco

vere

d.Sh

eha

sa

hair

band

onbu

tthe

hair

has

spre

adlik

ea

bush

,as

ifun

used

toth

eai

rand

the

light

.)E

LIS

H:

Oh

my

good

ncss

..

.A

reyo

uH

elen

?GR

ETA:

No,

I’m

Gre

ta.

ELIS

H:G

reta

?GR

ETA:

My

mot

her

sent

thes

ecl

othe

sfo

rth

ech

ildre

n.L

USH

:T

hank

you.

(She

take

sth

epa

rcel

.)I’

mso

rry,

Ith

ought

you

mus

tbe

Hel

en.

GR

ETA

:W

hy?

ELIS

H:

She

send

sus

mon

ey.

GR

ETA

:M

ysi

ster

Hel

ense

nds

you

mon

ey!

ELIS

H:

Yes

.S

oth

atw

eca

ngi

veth

ech

ildre

nho

lida

ys.

And

Iin

vite

dh

erto

com

ean

dse

eus

whe

nsh

ew

asnex

tov

er.

Onl

ysh

ene

ver

com

esov

er—

unti

lno

w,

whe

nI

beli

eve

—I’

mso

sorr

yab

ou

tyo

urfa

ther

.W

e’re

pray

ing

for

him

.H

ave

you

seen

him

?G

RET

A:

Yes

,br

iefl

yla

stnig

ht.

I’m

goin

gba

ckto

the

hosp

ital

toni

ght

—he

’son

ahea

rtm

acid

ne;

itm

akes

itdi

ffic

ultt

ota

lk—

but

atle

ast

hekn

ows

we’

rehe

re.

Iw

illge

ta

chan

ce,

Ikn

owI

wil

l..

.Is

ther

eso

mew

here

we

can

talk

for

am

omen

tor

two?

ELIS

H:

Yes

,of

cour

se.

Com

e,si

tov

er—

I’m

free

un

til

even

ing

pray

ers.

(The

ym

ove

acro

ssth

est

illha

llto

ahi

gh-b

acke

dbe

nch.

)So

you

live

in.

..

?GR

ETA:

InO

xfor

d.M

yhu

sban

dte

ache

sth

ere.

ELIS

H:A

oife

’sth

eon

eI

know

best

.D

oes

she

stifi

live

inT

oom

e?G

RE

TA

:Y

es.

She

neve

rm

oved

.E

LIS

H:

Whe

nI

was

atth

eco

nven

tin

Don

nybr

ook

she

used

toco

me

and

see

me.

But

that

was

man

yye

ars

ago.

GR

ET

A:

She

has

her

hand

sfu

llno

w.

BU

SH

:Sh

e’s

gotf

our

child

ren,

Ibe

lieve

.G

RE

TA

:Fi

ve.

EL

ISH

:A

ndho

wm

any

have

you?

GR

ET

A:

Iha

vetw

o.So

rry

—an

da

new

baby

.

C I— I20

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EL

ISH

:W

here

isth

eba

by?

GR

ET

A:

Ath

ome

with

our

nann

y.EL

ISH

:A

ndH

elen

has

neve

rm

arri

ed?

GR

ETA

:N

o.I

thin

ksh

e’s

very

busy

—st

illm

akin

gm

oney

.

EL

ISI!

:O

h,sh

e’s

agre

atgi

rl.

Let

me

see,

Fat

her

O’B

rien

isin

Oxfo

rdat

pre

sen

t—

doyo

ukn

owhi

m?

GR

ETA

:N

oI

don’

t.I’

mno

tex

actly

aC

atho

licsu

cces

sst

ory.

I’m

inth

epr

oces

sof

bein

gdi

vorc

ed.

EL

ISH

:W

hath

appe

ned?

GRE

TA:

I’m

sorr

y,bu

tI’

mno

ther

efo

ra

cons

ulta

tion

abou

t my

mar

riag

e.I

wou

ldn’

t thi

nkth

atw

asex

actly

your

terr

itor

y,Si

ster

Bet

hany

.EL

ISH

:T

hen

why

have

you

com

e?G

RE

TA

:I

sim

ply

wis

hed

toex

plai

nth

ese

para

tion

from

my

husb

and

inca

seyo

um

isto

okm

efo

ra

good

Cat

holi

csa

int,

whic

hI’

mnot.

My

chil

dre

nar

eb

ein

gb

rou

gh

tup

as

Pro

test

ants

.-

EL

ISH

:O

ch—

GR

ET

A:

And,

Ihav

en’t

bee

nto

any

form

alch

urc

hpra

ctic

es—

Mas

sor

Com

mun

ion

—si

nce

Iw

asat

scho

ol.

Icam

eto

see

you

asm

yco

usin

EL

ISH

:la

ma

nu

n.

Iha

veno

fam

ily

.G

RE

TA

:A

sm

yco

usi

nan

da

nun,

beca

use

you’r

eab

ou

tth

eonly

pers

onw

hom

ight

bebi

ased

inth

eri

ght

dir

ecti

on.

EL

ISH

:W

ell—

goon.

GRE

TA:

Ine

edto

smok

e.EL

LSH

:P

leas

e.G

RE

TA

:W

hy

aren

’tyo

uw

eari

ng

ah

abit

?

EL

I5H

:W

ed

on

’tha

veto

any

mor

e.G

RE

TA

:It

’sfu

nn

y;

Iex

pec

ted

ave

ilat

leas

t.A

ndth

eha

iris

ash

ock.

EL

ISH

:I

have

aha

bita

nda

veil

whi

chIw

earw

hen

Igo

out

onsp

ecia

loc

casi

ons.

GRE

TA: I

can’

tsay

this

—I’

mso

rry,

I’m

find

ing

this

very

diff

icul

t.O

nth

eev

enin

gof

30M

ay19

82,

inth

evi

llag

eof

Por

lock

ina

hous

ebe

long

ing

tofr

iend

s,I

had

a—

(Sud

denl

ya

NU

N,

wea

ring

aha

bit

and

veil,

appe

ars

with

ate

atr

olle

y;it

ratt

les

asit

com

esto

war

dsth

em.)

EL

ISH

:L

eave

it,

sist

er.

Than

kyou.

(The

NU

Nno

dsan

ddi

sapp

ears

.)E

LIS

H:

Will

you

have

som

ete

a?G

RETA

:T

han

kyo

u.Sh

e’s

only

brou

ght

one

cup.

EL

ISH

:T

hete

ais

fory

ou.

(GR

ET

Are

ceiv

esth

ecup.)

Som

eru

les

nev

erch

ange.

We

don’t

take

tea

wit

hvi

sito

rs.

GR

ET

A:

Ire

mem

ber

..

.of

cours

e,it

was

n’t

the

even

ing

—it

was

mor

ning

—ab

out

5a.

m.

Afl

ame

app

eare

din

the

curt

ain

faci

ngm

yb

ed.

Itw

asg

row

ing

bri

gh

t—I

was

no

tsl

eepin

gor

drea

min

g.I

wan

ted

tosw

itch

onth

elig

htbe

side

me,

and

not

taki

ngm

yey

eof

f[he

flam

eI

reac

hed

out

for

the

light

switc

hbu

tIc

ould

not

find

it.

So

Ilo

oked

away

for

ase

cond

tofin

dth

esw

itch

,an

dw

hen

Ilo

oked

back

,th

efl

ame

had

dis

app

eare

d.

Ire

mem

ber

feel

ing

dis

appoin

ted.

Th

enI

pu

t

onth

elig

ht.

ELIS

H:

Why

disa

ppoi

nted

?GR

ETA:

Bec

ause

Ikn

ewth

atif

Ihad

lain

perf

ectly

still

and

sim

ply

wat

ched

the

flam

eft

wou

ldha

vere

mai

ned

and

Im

ight

have

lear

ntso

met

hing

.A

sit

was

Ipa

nick

edan

dre

ache

dou

tto

find

the

Ligh

t.I

lay

for

seve

ral

hour

sw

ith

the

ligh

ton

just

gazi

ngat

the

plac

ew

here

the

flam

eha

dbe

enth

enI

got

upar

ound

seve

nan

dop

ened

the

curt

ains

.I

wen

tdo

wn

toth

eki

tche

nan

dm

ade

acu

pof

tea.

Ine

eded

tohe

arso

me

hum

anvo

ices

.It

was

too

earl

yto

call

anyb

ody

onth

ete

leph

one.

SoI

turn

edon

the

radi

o—

ther

ew

assi

ng

ing

,an

dth

ena

man

’s

voic

esa

id:

‘Let

uspr

ayon

this

Pent

ecos

tS

unda

y..

.‘I

amno

tare

ligio

uspe

rson

.M

yfa

ther

isan

athe

ist a

ndm

yhusb

and

isa

Mar

xis

t.A

ndI

had

ceas

edto

bea

Cat

holi

cso

long

ago

that

Iha

dno

idea

whe

nP

ente

cost

was

—I

still

don’

t.E

LIS

H:

It’s

the

seve

nth

Sund

ayaf

ter

Eas

ter.

Whi

chis

am

ovab

lefe

ast.

You

shou

ldre

mem

ber

that

muc

h.G

RE

TA

:B

utI’

mno

ta

beli

ever

.A

ndye

tth

atfl

ame

—hu

ngth

ere

atth

efo

otof

my

bed

ina

stra

nge

room

.A

tlu

ncht

ime

Ica

lled

my

husb

and,

heca

me

toco

llec

tm

e.I

neve

rsp

ent

anot

her

nigh

tin

that

hous

e.I

don’

tkn

oww

hyth

isis

happ

enin

gto

me

orw

hat

I’m

supp

osed

todo

abou

tit

.E

LIS

H:

Whe

rew

asth

eho

use?

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GR

ET

A:

Ito

ldyo

u—

inth

eco

untr

y.Po

rloc

k.EL

ISH

:I

take

itth

atth

isis

not

anis

olat

edin

cide

nt.

GRET

A:It

’sno

tan

isol

ated

inci

dent

.E

LIS

H:

Why

wer

eyo

ual

one

atth

atti

me?

GR

ET

A:

Iw

asun

happ

y.M

yhu

sb4n

ddi

dn’t

wan

tch

ildre

nan

dI

did.

Itw

asth

eth

ird

stra

nge

expe

rien

ceof

my

life.

(EL

ISH

enco

urag

eshe

rto

cont

inue

.)T

hese

cond

had

occu

rred

earl

ier

inth

eye

ar;

on2

Febr

uary

.E

LIS

H:

The

puri

fica

tion.

GR

ETA

:W

eha

dso

me

peop

lein

todi

nner

and

Iw

asre

light

ing

the

cand

les

onth

eta

ble,

whi

chha

dbu

rnt

dow

nan

dgo

neo

ut.

As

Im

oved

the

cand

leto

the

fire

plac

ean

dre

ache

din

toth

efi

rean

dth

entr

ansf

erre

dth

elit

cand

les

toth

est

and

the

flam

ele

apt.

Itlit

upm

yha

ir,

whi

chat

the

time

was

long

and

Isu

dden

lyfo

und

mys

elf

surr

ound

edby

acu

rtai

nof

flam

e.E

LI5

H:

Who

put

the

flam

esou

t?G

RE

TA

:W

hat—

oh,

my

husb

and.

EL

ISH

:H

ow?

GR

ET

A:

He

took

my

hair

inhi

sha

nds

and

beat

it.

(She

clap

s.)

Lik

eth

at.

Ast

rang

ecr

yca

me

out

ofm

ym

outh

—w

hen

the

fire

caug

ht—

itw

asal

mos

tas

star

tling

asth

efir

eits

elf.

EL

ISH

:W

hat

did

itso

und

like?

GR

ET

A:

(Cha

nts)

Ah

ahah

ahab

ah.

(She

mak

esa

beau

tiful

soun

d,ec

hoin

gth

enu

nssi

ngin

gat

the

begi

nnin

g.)

ELIS

H:

And

ther

ew

asan

othe

rin

cide

nt?

You

said

ther

ew

ere

thre

e.

GR

ET

A:

Yes

,th

efi

rst.

For

thre

eday

sb

efo

rem

ybir

thday

—in

Nov

embe

r19

81—

Ico

uldn

’tsl

eep.

Thi

sm

ade

me

very

tired

and

Ibe

cam

ede

lirio

usen

ough

tobe

lieve

that

the

slee

ping

-ba

gw

hich

Iin

sist

edon

slee

ping

inon

the

floor

ofm

yro

omw

asth

ew

omb

and

Iha

dgo

neba

ckin

toit

tobe

born

agai

n.T

here

isha

rdly

any

poin

tin

my

stre

ssin

gag

ain

that

Iam

not

are

ligio

uspe

rson

and

Ife

elso

mew

hat

asha

med

ofth

ese

man

ifes

tatio

ns.

ELIS

H:

The

nw

hyte

llm

e—

why

not

spea

kw

itha

doct

or?

GR

ET

A:

IfI

tell

ado

ctor

Iam

havi

ngre

ligio

usvi

sion

s,he

will

tell

me

that

Iam

ill;

and

that

iscl

osur

e.If

Ite

lla

nun

Iam

havi

ngre

ligio

usvi

sion

sth

enw

eca

nag

ree

we

are

both

illan

dat

leas

tbeg

inth

eco

nver

satio

non

aneq

ualf

ootin

g.E

LIS

H:

You

are

awar

eth

atI

amPr

iore

sshe

reno

w?

GR

ET

A:

Iw

asn’

tbut

I’m

glad

ofit.

For

atle

ast i

tm

eans

you

have

the

spir

itual

auth

ority

toad

vise

me.

You

see

Ido

n’ti

nten

dbe

ing

lock

edup

for

wha

ton

eha

lfof

the

wor

ldre

gard

sas

anac

hiev

emen

tofs

anct

ity.

My

liber

tyis

very

impo

rtan

t to

me

Also

—E

LIS

H:

Als

o?G

RE

TA

:I

have

n’tf

inis

hed.

Iwas

awar

edu

ring

the

expe

rien

ceof

bein

gin

the

wom

bon

my

birt

hday

, my

twen

ty-f

ourt

hbi

rthd

ay,

that

Ico

uld

see

our

oftw

ose

para

tew

indo

ws

each

with

adi

ffer

ent

view

.If

eltv

ery

fard

own

insi

dem

yow

nbo

dy.

As

Ilo

oked

arou

ndth

ero

om,

Isa

wan

old

man

inth

eco

rner

wat

chin

gm

e.A

ndI

said

tom

ysel

f,I

knew

t.I

knew

that

old

man

was

ther

e.I

have

felt

wat

ched

allm

ylif

e.E

LI5

H:

Itw

asth

ede

vily

ousa

w.

GR

ET

A:

Ikn

ewth

atim

med

iate

ly.

He

look

edlik

ean

old

prie

st.

(ELI

SHm

akes

am

ovem

ent.)

He

was

dres

sed

like

apr

iest

ina

long

blac

kso

utan

e.H

eha

da

poin

ted

bear

d.I

mus

tha

vebe

enw

eak

and

smal

lbe

caus

eI

was

look

ing

arou

ndw

hat

Ito

okto

beth

eed

geof

ach

air,

aw

ing

chai

r,or

perh

aps

itw

asa

pram

hood

.A

tan

yra

te,

the

old

prie

stlo

omed

over

me

and

plac

eda

pill

owon

my

face

.I

trie

dto

cry

out

but

hew

assm

othe

ring

me.

Iw

asbe

ing

sile

nced

.A

ndit

was

this

Iha

dto

stru

ggle

agai

nst.

Ist

rugg

led

agai

nst

this

smot

heri

ngbl

ackn

ess

unti

la

voic

esa

idin

my

ear

—a

kind

war

mvo

ice:

‘Tur

nro

un

d.

You

have

totu

rnar

ound

.’So

Idi

d,I

turn

edm

ysel

faro

und

and

foun

dI

coul

dbr

eath

eag

ain

and

ahea

dof

mel

coul

dse

eth

isoh

mos

tbe

autif

ulgl

obe,

asp

here

litup

insp

ace

far

belo

wm

e,an

dI

foun

dm

ysel

f flo

atin

gfa

lling

tow

ards

it.

And

the

sam

evo

ice,

the

one

that

told

me

totu

rnar

ound

,sa

id:

Enj

oyyo

urfa

llth

roug

hsp

ace

and

time.

’So

Ikn

ewIw

asbo

rnth

atni

ght.

Or

Iwas

reliv

ing

my

birt

h.E

LIS

H:

And

that

was

all?

GR

ETA

:A

ll?T

hat

was

the

begi

nnin

g.T

hen

the

hair

catc

hin

gfi

re,

then

the

flam

ein

the

curt

ain.

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EL

ISH

:H

ave

you

ever

told

anyo

neab

outt

his?

GR

ET

A:

Not

aliv

ing

soul

—ex

cept

my

husb

and.

Idid

tell

him

abou

t

the

flam

e—w

hen

heca

me

topi

ckm

eup

from

the

cotta

ge.

EL

ISH

:W

hatd

idhe

say?

GR

ET

A:

Iwas

very

stup

id.

Itol

dhu

nI’

dse

ena

tong

ueof

fire

,and

I

disc

over

edit

was

Pent

ecos

tSun

day.

Stup

id!

EL

ISH

:W

hatw

ashi

sre

actio

n?G

RE

TA

:Il

osth

im.

..H

ew

asre

pelle

d—w

hatw

ould

you

expe

ct?

He

was

aM

arxi

sthi

stor

ian.

He

thou

ghth

e’d

foun

da

radi

cal

secu

lare

man

cipa

ted

wom

an,a

ndin

stea

dhe

’dgo

taC

atho

lic

mys

tic.

EL

I5H

:T

hen

why

did

you

tell

him

?Y

ouco

uld

have

com

eto

me

then

!G

RE

TA

:It

old

hum

beca

use

Iwan

ted

him

tota

lkm

eou

tofi

t,I

supp

ose.

But

hedi

dn’t

even

try.

Lat

erm

yhu

sban

dto

ldm

ehe

was

havi

ngan

affa

ir.

We

wen

taw

ayto

try

tota

lkab

outi

t.W

e

wer

est

ayin

gin

aho

use

inE

xmoo

r.A

ndId

ied.

EL

tsH

:Y

oudi

ed?

GR

ET

A:

And

inm

ygr

iefm

yvo

ice

left

me.

Iexp

erie

nced

my

own

deat

h.E

LIS

H:

Why

didn

’tyo

usp

eak

outb

efor

e?G

RE

TA

:Ic

ould

n’t,

Iwas

afra

id.I

love

dm

yhu

sban

dan

dIh

adno

cont

extf

orde

alin

gw

ithth

is.S

oIs

huti

tin

anot

herr

oom

and

I

lived

inth

eou

terr

oom

ofm

ylif

eIs

uppo

se.Y

ouse

e,af

terw

e

cam

eba

ckfr

omE

xmoo

r,Id

elib

erat

ely

gotp

regn

ant.

Sohe

coul

dn’t

leav

em

e.T

hatw

asw

hatI

did.

Tha

twas

my

resp

onse

!E

LI5

H:

Why

now

?W

hyar

eyo

ute

lling

itno

w?

Som

ethi

ngha

s

happ

ened

tom

ake

you

spea

kou

t!G

RE

TA

:T

wo

nigh

tsag

oat

my

sist

er’s

flati

nL

ondo

n,a

figu

rebu

rst

inon

me.

Stoo

dth

ere

bese

echi

ng,w

ailin

g,sh

iver

ing

atth

e

foot

ofm

ybe

d.Ip

rete

nded

itw

asa

bans

hee.

But

itw

asno

mor

ea

bans

hee

than

lam

.W

ebo

thkn

oww

hatI

saw

. Why

are

you

cryi

ng?

EL

ISH

:T

helig

htis

hurt

ing

my

eyes

.Exc

use

me.

(She

gets

upto

blow

her‘

Lose

and

wip

ehe

reye

s.)G

RE

TA

:Ik

epti

taw

ayfo

rso

long

.Iw

antt

oge

tthi

sun

derc

ontr

ol.

Hel

pm

e!Y

ouar

ecr

ying

.

26

EL

ISH

:Y

oush

ouid

have

been

anu

n.G

RE

TA

;It’

sa

bitl

ate

now

.H

ave

you

any

mor

epr

actic

alad

vice

?R

AS

H:

My

mot

her

was

aw

oman

ofgr

eats

anct

ity.

But

inst

ead

ofen

teri

nga

conv

ent

whi

chsh

eou

ght

toha

vedo

nesh

em

arri

eda

wor

thle

ssm

anw

itha

hand

som

efa

cew

hole

dhe

ra

mer

ryda

nce.

GR

ET

A:

Am

erry

danc

e?H

etr

ied

tost

rang

lehe

r—w

asw

hat I

was

told

.L

US

H:

Aft

erI

was

born

she

wen

taw

ayto

Eng

land

, and

Iwas

left

inth

eca

reof

your

mot

her.

Unt

ilsh

ego

ther

self

onhe

rfe

et.

GR

ET

A:

On

her

feet

?Sh

ego

tmar

ried

agai

n.E

LIS

H:

Aki

ndm

anw

hofe

llin

love

with

her

and

prop

osed

,be

fore

hekn

ewab

out

the

baby

inB

elfa

st.

GR

ET

A:

And

then

you

popp

edup

.L

US

H:

She

told

him

she

had

aba

by—

me.

And

hest

illm

arri

edhe

r.So

afte

rte

nm

onth

sof

mar

riag

eIw

asbr

ough

tho

me

tom

ym

othe

rin

Eng

land

.I’

msu

ppos

edto

look

like

him

;th

em

anw

hotr

ied

tost

rang

lem

ym

othe

r.D

idyo

ukn

owth

at?

I’m

his

spitt

ing

imag

e.In

ever

real

lyfi

tted

in.

And

Iw

asse

ntaw

ayto

scho

ol.

To

bebr

ough

tup

bynu

ns.

And

Iha

vebe

enw

ithnu

nsev

ersi

nce.

The

ydi

dn’t

min

dw

hat

Iloo

ked

like

infa

ctm

ybo

dyw

asn’

tim

port

ant a

tall.

Ikne

wfr

omth

ebe

ginn

ing

this

was

how

Iwou

ldliv

e,I

felt

safe

and

care

dfo

r.A

ndI

liked

the

orde

ran

dth

eco

nven

t rou

tine.

Ihav

est

rive

dfo

rgra

cean

dre

vela

tion.

Ihav

efo

llow

edev

ery

nile

, Iha

vere

adev

en’

text

—an

dI

love

ithe

re,d

on’t

mis

unde

rsta

ndth

is—

aco

nven

tis

are

publ

icof

lette

rs.

Ilo

veth

ela

ngua

ge,t

hest

ruct

ure,

the

cere

mon

y,bu

tIh

ave

neve

r eve

rhad

are

vela

tion

such

asyo

ude

scri

be.

Ihav

efa

sted

inL

ent.

Ihav

ela

inaw

ake

for

nigh

tson

end

toac

hiev

eth

isst

ate

ofgr

ace

that

you

soar

tless

lyfa

llin

to.

You

and

my

mot

her

shar

eth

is—

you

are

effo

rtle

ssly

and

unco

nsci

ousl

yal

mos

talw

ays

ina

stat

eof

grac

e.T

hey

say

that

Mar

yM

agda

lene

isth

em

osts

anct

thed

wom

anin

heav

en.

And

Iw

hoha

vebr

oken

mys

elfo

nth

efe

etof

the

Red

eem

er—

(she

indi

cate

sa

purp

le-d

rape

d fig

ure

whi

chis

hang

ing

abov

eth

emin

the

hail)

—am

rew

ard

edw

ith

this

vis

it—

and

you

ask

me

why

Iam

cryi

ng?

Did

you

com

ehe

reto

mak

efu

nof

me?

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GR

ET

A:

Iha

veno

wis

hto

cast

ridi

cule

onyo

urw

ayol

life,

Elis

h.

EL

ISH

:B

etha

ny!

GR

ET

A:

Ica

me

here

beca

use

Igra

ntth

atyo

ursp

iritu

alpr

actic

es

mig

htgi

veyo

uso

me

insi

ghti

nto

my

cond

ition

.Ir

athe

r

hope

dyo

uw

ould

open

ado

orfo

rme

—w

hich

wou

ldal

low

me

toliv

ein

the

mai

nro

omof

my

life.

But

Ise

eI

have

only

caus

edyo

udi

stre

ss,I

’mso

rry

(GR

ET

Am

akes

tole

ave.

EL

ISH

bloc

kshe

rpat

h.)

EL

ISU

:Ic

anta

lkto

the

arch

bish

op,

who

isa

frie

ndof

min

e.

GR

ET

A:

How

can

that

help

?

EL

ISH

:Y

ouco

uld

take

the

sacr

amen

t ofR

econ

cila

tion

—an

dco

me

back

into

the

chur

ch.

GR

ET

A:

Wha

tis

that

?R

econ

dila

don.

EL

ISH

:Si

nce

Vat

ican

Tw

oit

allo

ws

you

beab

solv

edpr

ovid

edyo

u

are

prep

ared

tom

eet a

prie

stfa

ceto

face

and

beco

nfes

sed

of

your

sins

.G

RE

TA

:I

don’

tnec

essa

rily

rega

rdan

ythi

ngI

have

done

assi

nful

Imay

have

brok

ena

few

rule

s,th

at’s

all.

EL

I5H

:T

hese

thin

gsth

atar

eha

ppen

ing

toyo

uar

eco

mm

onin

relig

ious

life.

We

just

don’

tta

lkab

out

them

muc

h.Y

ouse

e,

the

relig

ious

life

offe

rspr

otec

tion

for

peop

lelik

eyo

u.A

syo

u

may

now

only

ente

rre

ligio

uslif

eby

rejo

inin

gyo

urch

urch

I

advi

seyo

uto

doso

with

som

eha

ste.

Iw

ould

like

you

to

begi

nta

king

the

sacr

amen

tsag

ain.

Part

icul

arly

Com

mun

ion.

You

mus

trec

eive

the

Hos

tfor

your

own

prot

ectio

n.If

you

cann

otbe

anu

nin

aco

nven

tat

leas

tyou

can

bea

nun

inth

e

com

mun

ity.

We

have

agr

eatm

any

mar

ried

wom

enw

ith

larg

efa

mili

esw

hoar

eou

rnu

nsin

the

com

mun

ity.

The

Mot

hers

—th

eyar

eth

ere

alha

rves

ters

ofso

uls.

You

can

be

one

ofth

ose.

GR

ET

A:

Wha

texa

ctly

doI

have

tobe

prot

ecte

dfr

om?

-

EL

ISH

:Y

ouat

trac

tas

muc

hev

ilas

you

dogo

od.

GR

ET

A:

Tha

t’s

terr

ible

.E

LIS

H:

You

mus

n’tt

hink

beca

use

lam

ina

conv

ent t

hatl

amso

safe

or

even

more

sain

tly.

Or

that

Iha

vego

odre

latio

nsw

ith

allm

ysi

ster

sin

this

conv

ent,

far

from

it.

Ine

ver g

oto

bed

with

outd

oubl

ebo

lting

my

door

.Ia

msu

rrou

nded

byre

lics

and

cruc

ifix

esbe

caus

ela

maf

raid

.I

don’

tlik

esl

eepi

ngin

the

28

dark

.I

even

keep

alu

min

ous

little

figu

reof

Our

Lad

yof

Lou

rdes

unde

rm

ypi

llow

.G

RE

TA

:Y

es,

Irem

embe

rth

ose

little

stat

ues.

The

yus

edto

put

them

inou

rbe

droo

mas

child

ren,

lum

inou

son

esth

atlit

up

inth

eda

rk—

Iun

ders

tood

that

itw

asto

keep

usfr

om

mas

turb

atin

g.B

ecau

seyo

ukn

owyo

u’d

look

upat

the

stat

ue

and

thin

kw

ell

Ica

n’tr

eally

doth

is—

she’

sw

atch

ing.

Itw

as

clev

er.

EL

ISH

:O

ch—

you

have

been

give

na

holy

orde

r,yo

uar

ech

osen

,

you

have

been

spok

ento

dire

ctly

but

you

are

also

chos

enby

evil

asw

ell.

Not

hing

stan

dsal

one.

Now

ifyo

uco

me

back

to

me

tom

orro

wI

will

mak

ear

rang

emen

tsfo

ryou

tom

eet

the

arch

bish

opor

any

othe

rpri

est—

GR

ET

A:

Why

apr

iest

—w

hyno

tyo

u?

EL

ISH

:Ja

mno

tem

pow

ered

.

GR

ET

A:

Bec

ause

you

are

rwom

an?

EL

ISH

:Y

es.

GR

ET

A:

So—

thes

em

enin

skir

tsha

veus

urpe

dou

rfu

nctio

n,do

n’t

you

flun

k?E

LIS

H:

Perh

aps

intim

eth

isat

titud

eof

the

chur

chto

wom

enm

ay

chan

ge.

Aft

eral

l,it

took

alo

ngtim

ebe

fore

the

Vir

gin

Mar

y

was

give

nhe

rri

ghtf

ulpl

ace

inhe

aven

.B

utit

happ

ened

.

GR

ET

A:

Tw

oth

ousa

ndye

ars

isa

long

time.

EL

TSH

:T

heC

atho

licC

hurc

hch

ange

ssl

owly

.

GR

ET

A:

I’m

runn

ing

outo

ftim

e.E

LIS

H:

You

shou

ldn’

tle

t the

rule

sst

and

inth

ew

ay.

GR

ET

A:

Shou

ldI

not?

EL

ISH

:B

utyo

um

ust

abid

eby

them

;th

eyar

esi

mpl

ylik

ea

dam

built

toho

ldba

ckth

efo

rces

that

will

swee

pyo

uaw

ay.

GR

ET

A:

Iam

muc

haf

raid

ofgo

ing

mad

.If

Ith

ough

tjo

inin

gth

e

chur

chw

ould

help

me

Iwou

lddo

it.

EL

ISH

:T

hen

you

will

com

ean

dse

em

eto

mor

row

.

GR

ET

A:

Iw

illco

me

back

,yes

.T

omor

row

.

(EL

IsH

isov

erjo

yed,

they

embr

ace.

)B

ut, i

llam

reco

ncil

ed.

..and

Iha

veC

omm

unio

n.W

hat i

s

my

stat

usas

rega

rds

my

husb

and?

Eusi

i:Y

ouca

n’tb

edi

vorc

ed.

GR

ET

A:

Ica

n.I

don’

tne

edth

ech

urch

’spe

rmis

sion

.

29

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EL

ISH

:Y

ouca

n’t

bedi

vorc

edbe

caus

eyo

uha

vene

ver

been

mar

ried

.G

RE

TA

:Ih

ave

ahu

sban

dan

dth

ree

chil

dren

.E

LIS

H:

You

have

neve

rbe

enm

arri

edin

your

soul

.G

RE

TA

:M

yG

od.

You

’re

defe

atin

gm

ew

ithm

yow

nw

eapo

ns.

You

’re

bein

gm

etap

hysi

cal.

EL

ISH

:Y

oum

ust

bem

arri

edto

your

husb

and

inth

ech

urch

.O

nly

that

will

brin

gyo

uth

epe

ace

ofm

ind

you

desi

re.

GR

ET

A:

Peac

e—

isit

poss

ible

?B

ut—

ifhe

refu

ses?

EL

ISH

:T

hen

heis

noty

our

prop

erhu

sban

d.G

RE

TA

:G

ood.

Yes

.T

hat’

sve

rygo

od.

But

my

child

ren?

Wou

ldn’

tth

eybe

illeg

itim

ate?

LU

SH

:T

hey

are

not y

our

child

ren.

The

yar

eG

od’s

child

ren;

they

mus

tbe

give

nba

ckto

him

.Y

ousa

idyo

urse

lf,y

oum

arri

edin

the

oute

rch

ambe

rof

your

life.

Itis

alo

ngro

ad—

tore

cond

ilado

n.B

utyo

ukn

owif

you

are

reco

ncile

dth

enyo

urch

ildre

nw

illfo

llow

.T

hey

mus

tbe

bapt

ized

.(T

hree

bells

are

soun

ded.

)la

mca

lled

topr

ayer

.W

illyo

uco

me

tose

eth

eW

ashi

ngof

the

Feet

?W

illyo

uno

rco

me?

Tod

ayof

all d

ays?

GR

ET

A:

It’s

notp

ossi

ble.

LU

SH

:T

hen

com

eto

mor

row

.W

illyo

uco

me

tom

orro

w?

GR

ET

A:

Im

ust

bego

ing

toth

eho

spita

l.E

LIS

H:

Iw

arn

you

ifyo

ude

clin

eto

ente

rth

ech

urch

itis

your

ow

nbu

sine

ss.

You

may

end

upas

afo

rtun

e-te

ller

ina

circ

usor

afa

irgr

ound

.Y

ou

may

even

mak

ea

livin

gfr

om

it.It

isw

hen

yo

ugo

tom

eet

your

Cre

ator

that

you

will

have

toan

swer

for

the

was

teof

such

asp

iritu

algi

ft.

GR

ET

A:

I’m

not

afra

idof

deat

h,you

know

.W

eha

vebe

enco

mpa

nion

sfo

ryea

rs.

It’s

the

livin

gw

hoha

vegi

ven

me

mos

ttr

oubl

e.E

LIS

H:

Ife

arfo

ry

ou

terr

ibly

.(G

RETA

back

saw

ay.)

GR

ET

A:

No!

Goo

dnig

htE

lish

—B

etha

ny.

Sist

erB

etha

ny.

LU

SH

:(C

allin

g)I’

llre

mem

ber

you

inm

ypr

ayer

s.(A

larg

eoa

kdo

oris

hear

dsh

uttin

g.E

LIS

Hst

ands

befo

reth

epu

rple

-dra

ped

stat

ue. S

heco

ntem

plat

esit.

She

drop

she

r hea

dan

dw

alks

away

.)

•Th

eR

oyal

Vic

toria

Hos

pita

l,B

elfa

st.

Lat

erth

esa

me

even

ing.

Aw

ide

corr

idor

.Abe

nch

betw

een

two

sets

ofsw

ing

door

s.Th

edo

oron

the

right

lead

sto

the

hear

twar

dw

here

MIC

HA

EL

FL

YN

Nis

lyin

g.R

OSE

FL

YN

Nen

ters

.She

isac

com

pani

edby

herd

augh

ter

AO

IFE

.

ROSE

:(W

alki

ngto

war

dsth

ebe

nch

outs

ide

the

hear

twar

d)I

feel

terr

ible

.H

esa

id:

‘Ith

ink

I’m

havi

nga

hear

tatta

ck’,

and

Ila

ughed

.I

told

him

togo

and

liedo

wn.

He

cam

eba

ckha

lfan

hour

late

ran

dsa

id,

‘Ist

illfe

elsi

ck,c

ould

you

call

the

doct

or.’

(The

yge

t to

the

benc

h,A

OIF

Epl

umps

dow

non

itbu

tR

OSE

rem

ains

stan

ding

.)So

Idi

d:B

utev

enth

enI

said

:‘D

octo

r,he

thin

kshe

’ssi

ck.’

AO

IEE

Sure

you

wer

en’t

toknow

.

RO

SE:

You

bla

me

me,

don’t

you,

you

all

bla

me

me.

A0I

FE:O

ch,M

amm

y,w

ould

you

sitd

own,

for

Go4

’ssa

ke.

Nob

ody

blam

esyo

u.H

e’s

noon

eto

blam

ebu

thi

mse

lf.

Sure

he’s

neve

rat

hom

e.(R

OS

Esi

ts.)

RO

SE:

Hel

enbla

mes

me.

She

told

me

not

tobe

talk

ing

whi

mab

outm

oney

.I

don’

tta

lkto

him

abou

tit.

Ine

ver

men

tion

Fm

oney

.A

OIF

E:T

ryno

tto

wor

ry—

RO

SE:

Wha

t’s

wro

ngw

ithG

reta

?H

ave

Ido

neso

met

hing

onhe

r?D

idsh

esa

yan

ythi

ngto

you

abou

tme?

A0I

FE

:S

he’

snot

too

wel

l.

ROSE

It’s

that

husb

and,

isn’

tit?

The

re’s

trou

ble

ther

e.In

ever

liked

Geo

rge.

We

wer

en’t

good

enou

ghfo

rhi

m.

He

wou

ldn’

tLe

tthe

babi

esco

me

tose

eus

.W

hat’

sw

rong

?A

0IF

E:

She’

sse

eing

thin

gs.

ROSE

:Gre

ta?

Wha

tso

nof

thin

gs?

A0I

FE

:I’

mno

tsu

ppos

edto

tell

you

this

—yo

u’re

nott

ore

peat

this

—bu

tthe

othe

rni

ghta

tHel

en’s

flats

hesa

wa

bans

hee.

ft’s

pro

bab

lyonly

stre

ss—

you

know

.R

OSE

:A

reyo

uki

ddin

gm

e?A

OIF

E:

No,

I’m

dea

dly

seri

ous.

SCE

NE

4iI?

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RO

SE:

She’

sno

t on

drug

s,is

she?

A0IF

E:

No.

Iw

asin

the

othe

rro

oman

dI

hear

dit

too.

RO

SE:

The

yon

lycr

yfo

rce

rtai

nfa

mil

ies.

Idi

dn’t

thin

kw

eha

don

eat

tach

edto

us.

Oh

here

,you

don’

tthi

nkyo

urda

ddy’

lldi

e!A

0IF

E:

(Cat

chin

gsi

ght o

fHel

enw

hois

som

ew

ayof

f,sw

eepi

ngal

ong

the

corr

idor

tow

ards

them

)M

amm

y,he

re’s

Hel

en,

now

don’

tle

t on

Ito

ldyr

nr.

RO

SE:

(Loo

ks)

Wou

ldyo

ulo

okat

that

;sh

e’s

turn

edup

here

dres

sed

tode

ath.

(HE

LE

Nsw

eeps

onin

abe

autif

ully

tailo

red

suit

and

carr

ying

abu

nch

ofca

llalil

ies.

She

isw

atch

edby

the

entir

epop

ulat

ion

ofth

eco

rrid

or.)

For

God

’ssa

ke,

doyo

ual

way

sha

veto

draw

atte

ntio

nto

your

self

whe

reve

ryo

ugo

.It

’syo

urda

ddy’

sda

yno

tyo

urs.

HE

LE

N:

Ris

eab

ove

it,

Mot

her.

Ris

eab

ove

the

cond

itio

n.aos:

Wha

t’s

that

supp

osed

tom

ean?

HE

LE

N:

You

’re

angr

ybe

caus

eD

addy

isill

—do

n’t

take

itou

ton

me.

RO

SE

:H

ere,

wha

t’s

this

abou

tou

rG

reta

and

aba

nshe

e?H

EL

EN

:Je

sus,

Aoi

fe!

Can

you

keep

noth

ing

from

her!

RO

SE

:I’

mhe

rm

othe

r.I

have

ari

ght

tokn

ow.

HE

LE

N:

She’

sgo

nea

bit r

elig

ious

.R

OSE

:So

that

’sw

hysh

e’s

gone

toth

eco

nven

t.T

hen

she

real

lyis

sick

.F

orsh

ew

asw

ildag

ains

t rel

igio

n.I

coul

dn’t

geth

erto

goto

Mas

saf

ter

she

was

four

teen

.H

EL

EN

:N

one

ofus

wen

tto

Mas

saf

ter

we

wer

efo

urte

en.

She

was

the

only

one

who

adm

itted

it.

AO

IFE

:T

hat’

str

ue—

our

Gre

taw

asaw

ful

stup

id.

She

alw

ays

anno

unce

dbe

fore

hand

whe

nsh

ew

asgo

ing

tobr

eak

the

rule

s.R

OS

E:

Wel

lsh

eta

kes

afte

rth

atm

anin

ther

e.I

have

n’t h

ada

day’

spe

ace

—fo

rhe

’sa

born

rebe

l!H

EL

EN

:F

unny

she

even

knew

ftw

asL

ent.

Wha

twas

it,

nom

ilk?

RO

SE

:I

gave

upth

ebi

ngo.

AO

IEE

:It

’sce

rtai

nly

stra

nge

tom

ake

ahu

gefu

ssab

out

keep

ing

Len

tan

dhe

rm

arri

edto

aP

rote

stan

tan

dno

neof

her

chil

dren

bapt

ized

.

RO

SE:

Oh,

they

’re

bap

tize

dal

lri

ght.

A0I

FE:

They

’re

not.

She

dis

tinct

lyto

ldm

eth

eyw

eren

’t.

RO

SE:

Ica

nas

sure

you

they

are.

Ico

oka

cup

ofco

ldw

ater

one

nig

ht

and

bap

tize

dth

emal

lC

atho

lics

.

HE

LE

N;

When

was

this

?

RO

SE:

Och

,on

eti

me

they

wer

eov

erw

ith

mc

whe

nth

eyw

ere

smal

l.H

EL

EN

:I

call

that

anab

use

ofho

spit

alit

y.

A0I

FE:

Isth

atour

Man

us?

RO

SE:

Oh

God

,w

ould

you

look

atth

ecu

tof

him

.(E

nter

MA

NU

S,

with

aba

ttere

dfid

dle

case

.)M

AN

tis:

Sor

ryI’

mla

te.

Iju

stgo

tof

fth

etr

ain

from

Port

rush

.

(He

kiss

esth

em,o

neaf

ter

the

othe

r.)R

OSE

:O

chso

n,su

reI

coul

dge

tyo

ua

good

coat

.Y

ouon

lyha

veto

say.

MA

Ntis

:I

don’

tli

keco

ats.

I’m

all

righ

t.I

was

slee

ping

ona

frie

nd’s

floo

r.H

EL

EN

;So

you

wor

eth

esl

eepi

ngba

g!

MA

NU

S:

God

,Hel

en,y

oulo

oklik

ea

mil

lion

doll

ars.

A0I

FE:

She

isa

mil

lion

doll

ars.

Ros

E:

Sto

pit

.M

AN

tis:

Why

don’

tyo

uju

stw

ear

your

ban

kba

lanc

eon

your

slee

ve—

(She

hits

him

.)H

EL

EN

:L

ayof

f.M

AN

tis:

How

’sth

eda

?

RO

SE:

He’

sst

ill

bre

athin

g.

MA

NU

SW

here

’sM

adam

eB

lava

tsky

?

HE

LE

N:

Who

?M

AN

US:

Gre

ta.

(HEL

ENlo

oks

athi

mve

rycu

rious

ly.)

AO

IFE

:S

hew

ason

her

way

—but

Ido

n’t

know

wha

t’s

happ

ened

tohe

r.R

OSE

:Sh

ew

ent

toth

eco

nven

tto

see

your

cousi

nE

lish

and

to

take

som

ecl

oth

esfo

rth

eorp

han

sfr

om

my

shop.

MA

Nus

:O

hye

s.T

hecl

oth

esfo

rth

eorp

han

s—

your

consc

ience

mon

ey.

Ros

E:

Tha

t’ll

do.

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RO

SE

:Sh

e’s

noto

ndr

ugs,

issh

e?A

OIF

E:

No.

1w

asin

the

othe

rro

oman

dI

hear

dit

too.

RO

SE

:T

hey

only

cry

for

cert

ain

fam

ilies

.Id

idn’

tth

ink

we

had

one

atta

ched

tous

.O

hhe

re,y

oud

on

’tth

ink

your

dadd

y’ll

the!

AO

IFE

:(C

atch

ing

sigh

:ofH

elen

who

isso

me

way

off,

swee

ping

alon

gth

eco

mdo

rtow

ards

them

)Mum

my,

here

’sH

elen

, now

don’

tle

t on

Ito

ldyo

u.R

OS

E:

(Loo

ks)

Wou

ldyo

ulo

okat

that

;sh

e’s

turn

edup

here

dres

sed

tode

ath.

(HE

LE

Nsw

eeps

onin

abe

autif

ully

tailo

red

suit

and

cany

ing

abu

nch

ofca

llalil

ies.

She

isw

atch

edby

the

entir

epop

ulat

ion

ofth

eco

rrid

or.)

For

God

’ssa

ke,d

oyo

ual

way

sha

veto

draw

atte

ntio

nto

your

self

whe

reve

ryo

ugo

.It’

syo

urda

ddy’

sda

yno

ty

ou

rs.

HEL

EN:R

ise

abov

eit,

Mot

her.

Ris

eab

ove

the

cond

ition

.R

OS

E:

Wha

t’s

that

supp

osed

tom

ean?

HE

LE

N:

You

’re

angr

ybe

caus

eD

addy

isill

—do

n’tt

ake

itout

onm

e.R

OS

E:

Her

e,w

hat’

sth

isab

outo

urG

reta

and

aba

nshe

e?H

EL

EN

:Je

sus,

Aoi

fe!

Can

you

keep

noth

ing

from

her!

RO

SE

:I’

mhe

r mot

her.

Iha

vea

righ

tto

know

.H

EL

EN

:Sh

e’s

gone

abi

trel

igio

us.

RO

SE

:So

that

’sw

hysh

e’s

gone

toth

eco

nven

t.T

hen

she

real

lyis

sick

.F

orsh

ew

asw

ildag

ains

trel

igio

n.I

coul

dn’t

geth

erto

go

toM

ass

afte

rsh

ew

asfo

urte

en.

HE

LE

N:

Non

eof

us

wen

t to

Mas

saf

ter w

ew

ere

four

teen

.Sh

ew

asth

eon

lyon

ew

hoad

mitt

edit

.

AO

IFE:

Tha

t’s

true

—ou

rG

reta

was

awfu

l stu

pid.

She

alw

ays

anno

unce

dbe

fore

hand

whe

nsh

ew

asgo

ing

tobr

eak

the

rule

s.R

OS

E:

Wel

lsh

eta

kes

afte

rth

atm

anin

ther

e.I h

aven

’tha

da

day’

spe

ace

—fo

rhe

’sa

born

rebe

l!H

EL

EN

:Fu

nny

she

even

knew

itw

asL

ent.

Wha

twas

it,no

milk

?R

OS

E:

Iga

veup

the

bing

o.A

OIF

E:

It’s

cert

ainl

yst

rang

eto

mak

ea

huge

fuss

abou

tkee

ping

Len

tand

her

mar

ried

toa

Prot

esta

ntan

dno

neof

her

child

ren

bapt

ized

.

RO

SE

:O

h,th

ey’r

eba

ptiz

edal

lrig

ht.

AO

IFE

:T

hey’r

en

ot.

She

dist

inct

lyto

ldm

eth

eyw

eren

’t.

RO

SE

:I

can

assu

reyo

uth

eyar

e.I

took

acu

pof

cold

wat

eron

eni

ght

and

bapt

ized

them

allC

atho

lics.

HE

LE

N:

Whe

nw

asth

is?

RO

SE

:O

ch,

one

time

they

wer

eov

erw

ithm

ew

hen

they

wer

esm

all.

HE

LE

N:

Ica

llth

atan

abus

eof

hosp

italit

y.A

OIF

E:

Isth

atou

rM

an

us?

ROSE

:O

hG

od,w

ould

you

look

atth

ecu

tofh

im.

(Ent

erM

AN

US

,w

itha

batt

ered

fiddl

eca

se.)

MA

NU

S:

Sorr

yI’

mla

te.

Iju

stgo

toff

the

trai

nfr

omP

ortr

nsh.

(He

kiss

esth

em,o

neaf

tert

heot

her.)

RO

SE

;O

chso

n,su

reI

coul

dge

tyou

ago

odco

at.

You

only

have

tosa

y.M

AN

US

:I

don’

tlik

eco

ats.

I’m

allr

ight

.I

was

slee

ping

ona

frie

nd’s

floo

r.H

EL

EN

:So

you

wor

eth

esl

eepi

ngba

g!M

AN

US

:G

od,

Hel

en,

you

look

like

am

illio

ndo

llars

.A

OIE

E:

She

isa

mill

ion

dolla

rs.

RO

SE

:S

top

it.M

AN

US

:W

hydo

n’ty

ouju

stw

ear

your

bank

bala

nce

onyo

ursl

eeve

(She

hits

him

.)H

EL

EN

:L

ayoff

.

MA

NU

S:H

ow’s

the

da?

RO

SE

:H

e’s

still

brea

thin

g.M

AN

US

:W

here

’sM

adam

eB

)ava

tsky

?H

EL

EN

:W

ho?

MA

NU

S:

Gre

ta.

(HEL

ENlo

oks

athi

mve

rycu

rious

ly.)

AO

IEE

:Sh

ew

aso

nh

er

way

—bu

tId

on’t

know

wha

t’s

happened

toher.

ROSE

:Sh

ew

entt

oth

econvent

tose

eyo

urco

usin

Elis

han

dto

take

som

ecl

othe

sfo

rth

eor

phan

sfr

omm

ysh

op.

MA

NU

S:

Oh

yes.

The

clot

hes

for

the

orph

ans

—yo

urco

nsci

ence

mon

ey.

RO

SE

:T

hat’

lldo

.

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HE

LE

N:

Hav

eyo

ube

endr

inki

ng?

MA

NtI

S:

Her

e,w

hat’

sth

isab

out

aba

nshe

ein

your

fiat?

(HE

LE

Nlo

oks

atA

OT

FEw

holo

oks

away

.)

HE

LE

N:

Aoi

fe!

(To

MA

NU

S)

For

God

’ssa

kedo

n’tl

eton

toG

reta

you

know

.M

AN

tIS

:Su

reI

hear

them

all

the

time

—us

ually

whe

nI’

veha

da

few

.A

OIF

E:

(Loo

king

outa

long

the

corr

idor

)Sh

e’s

com

ing.

RO

SE

:L

iste

nyo

u’re

not

tom

entio

nG

reta

’spr

oble

ms

toyo

ur

dadd

y—

you’

reno

tto

say

she’

sbe

enin

am

enta

l hos

pita

lor

that

her

husb

and

has

left

her

orth

atsh

ew

on’t

geth

er

child

ren

back

.O

rth

athe

’sha

dan

affa

ir.

HE

LE

N:

And

we

cert

ainl

yw

on’t

men

tion

the

bans

hee.

(GR

ET

Aar

rive

s.)

GR

ET

A:

Hi.

(Kis

ses

her

brot

her,

beca

use

this

isth

e fir

sttim

esh

e’s

seen

him

.)

RO

SE

:H

owdi

dyo

uge

ton?

GR

ET

A:

Fine

.R

OS

E:

Did

she

like

the

clot

hes?

GR

ET

A:

Yes

.T

hey

wer

egr

eat.

RO

SE

:W

hata

bout

the

wee

mat

inée

jack

ets?

GR

ET

A:

Yes

.Sh

elik

edth

ose

asw

ell.

RO

SE

:D

idsh

eas

kaf

term

e?

GR

ET

A:

Yes

.T

hey’

repr

ayin

gfo

rmy

dadd

y.

RO

SE

:O

h,th

at’s

very

nice

ofth

em.

GR

ET

A:

She

seem

edgl

adto

see

me.

Gav

em

ea

cup

ofte

a.

(Anu

rse,

EM

ER

MC

GIL

LIC

UD

DY

,ho

lds

open

the

plas

ticsw

ing

door

s.)

EM

ER

:M

rsF

lynn

,you

can

goin

now

.B

utyo

ush

ould

n’ta

llgo

in

toge

ther

.R

OS

E:

Tha

nkyo

u.H

elen

,you

bette

rco

me

inw

ithm

e.H

ew

as

aski

ngfo

ryo

uye

ster

day.

(The

ygo

inth

roug

hth

epl

astic

door

s.Th

eyle

ave

GR

ET

A,

MA

NtI

San

dA

OT

FEal

one.

)

AO

IFE

:O

hay

e.O

urH

elen

.T

heL

ourd

esW

ater

.T

hat’

sw

hat h

e

calls

her.

MA

NtI

S:

It’s

not

that

muc

hof

aco

mpl

imen

t,si

nce

hedo

esn’

t

belie

vein

anyt

hing

.So

,how

are

you,

kid?

GR

ET

A:

I’m

gran

d.S

he

heav

esa

trem

endo

ussi

gh.

The

nurs

eco

mes

outo

fthe

swin

gdo

ors,

and

glan

ces

atA

OIF

E.

EM

ER

MC

GJL

LIC

UD

DY

isw

eari

ngth

ere

dun

iform

ofa

staf

f

nurs

e,w

itha

whi

test

arch

edap

ron

anda

whi

tecr

own

cap

onhe

r

head

.T

heor

dina

ryw

ard

sist

ers

wea

rbl

uean

dw

hite

.She

has

a

coun

try

acce

nt.

AO

lFE

look

sup

athe

r.)

AO

IFE

:E

mer

McG

illic

uddy

?E

ME

R:

Aoi

feFl

ynn!

Och

,is t

haty

ourd

addy

lyin

gin

ther

e?

AO

IFE

:Iw

asin

Form

Thr

eew

ithyo

u.

MA

NU

5:I

’moff

tohaveapee.

(He

exits

.)

EM

ER

:Iw

ould

n’th

ave

reco

gniz

edyo

urm

amm

y,bu

tyou

’ve

not

chan

ged.

AO

IFE

:Y

oual

way

sw

ante

dto

bea

nurs

e.

EM

ER

:Su

re,i

tw

asth

eon

lyw

ayIc

ould

thin

kof

getti

ngup

to

Bel

fast

.A

OIF

E:

Do

your

fam

ilyst

illgo

toth

eD

ogs?

EM

ER

:O

hye

s.Ih

ave

thre

eor

four

grey

houn

dsof

my

own

now

.

AO

TFE

:D

oyo

um

ake

any

mon

ey?

EM

ER

:It

’sab

usin

ess.

You

have

toha

veso

me

vice

s—su

reyo

u’d

neve

r kno

ww

hatg

ood

was

.

AO

IFE

:A

ndca

nyo

udo

the

nurs

ing

asw

ell?

EM

ER

:Il

ove

it.I’

mth

inki

ngof

getti

nga

tran

sfer

tom

ater

nity

,

thou

gh.I

t’sth

eai

rpor

t,is

n’ti

t.T

heai

rpor

tfor

wee

babi

es. I

love

the

babb

ies.

The

y’re

the

best

.

AO

IFE

:N

one

your

self

?E

ME

R:

No.

Sure

Iwas

n’t g

ood

enou

gh. M

ym

andi

dn’t

wan

t

babi

es.T

hen

hem

arri

edso

meo

neel

sean

dha

dth

emw

ithhe

r.

AO

IFE

:It

has

noth

ing

todo

with

bein

ggo

oden

ough

.

EM

ER

:Is

n’t i

t?A

OIF

E:

No

man

wan

tsba

bies

.You

have

tobe

surr

eptit

ious

abou

t

i.

EM

ER

:M

yfa

ther

wal

kspa

sthi

min

thes

tree

t.Y

ouca

n’tb

lam

e

him

.H

ere

ject

edm

yfa

ther

’sgr

andc

hild

ren.

He

cam

ein

and

out o

four

hous

efo

ryea

rs;a

ndhe

said

noch

ildre

n.A

ndth

en

heup

san

dm

arri

esa w

oman

from

ago

odfa

mily

and

has

thre

e

child

ren

with

her.

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AO

JFE

:D

on’t

beda

ft!

You

com

efr

oma

good

fam

ily—

you

just

get

preg

nant

!Y

ouca

ndo

that

—yo

u’re

anu

rse.

EM

ER

:I’

mgo

ing

tofin

da

man

who

wan

tsm

yba

bies

.A

olF

E:

The

y’ll

run

am

ilefi

rst.

EM

ER

:Se

eyo

ula

ter.

(She

wal

ksof

fdow

nth

eco

rrid

oran

dgo

esin

the

othe

rvi

sibl

ese

tof

swin

gdo

ors

—w

hich

conn

ects

with

the

hear

twar

d.)

AO

IFE

:T

hat

wee

gir

l’s

no

tw

ise.

Do

you

not

rem

ember

her

fro

m

scho

ol?

GR

ET

A:

Vag

uel

y.

AO

IFE:

Iw

ould

n’tl

ike

toha

vehe

rlo

okin

gaf

ter

me,

ifI

was

dyin

g.(T

hefid

dle

ishe

ard

play

ing

inth

edi

stan

ce—

‘The

Har

vest

Hom

e’.)

GR

ET

A:

Ishe

dy

ing

?

AO

IFE:

Of

cour

seno

t.I

mea

ntif

Iw

asdy

ing.

Idi

dn’t

mea

nhi

m.

Mam

my

says

it’s

only

aw

eesh

udde

r.(H

EL

EN

com

esou

toft

hesw

ing

door

sbe

hind

her.

She

look

spa

sthe

rsi

ster

s.)It

’sno

ta

big

atta

ck.

GR

ET

A:

Lis

ten.

Ihe

arm

usic

.H

EL

EN

:W

eal

lca

nhe

arm

usic

,G

reta

.(A

0IF

Ege

tsup

toco

nfirm

wha

tshe

susp

ects

.)A

OIF

E:

(Loo

king

)A

ye.

It’s

our

Man

us.

He’

so

ut

ther

eo

nth

e

porc

hpl

ayin

gth

efi

ddle

.H

EL

EN

:T

hefi

ddle

?M

anus

?G

RE

TA

:W

hat’

sth

ena

me

ofth

etu

ne?

AO

IFE

:‘T

heH

arve

stH

ome’

.I

thin

k.It’

spr

obab

lyso

me

wom

anhe

’saf

ter.

HE

LE

N:

He’

sga

y.G

RE

TA

:(T

ohe

rsel

f)O

hG

od.

Itw

ould

be.

AO

IFE

:O

ch,

that

’sju

sta

ph

ase

he’s

go

ing

thro

ugh.

GR

ET

A:

(To

hers

elf)

Hom

e.O

fcours

e.T

his

isth

ep

lace

.

HE

LE

N:

It’s

not,

he’

sre

ally

gay

.

AO

IFE:

Ido

n’t

belie

veyo

u.H

EL

EN

:H

etu

rns

up

tom

yfl

atin

London

ever

yso

oft

enw

ith

som

elit

tlefr

iend

orot

her.

Usu

ally

am

usic

ian.

He

had

agi

rlfr

iend

once

—an

Am

eric

anjo

urna

list—

she

was

a

com

plet

eba

llbre

aker

.I

was

glad

whe

nhe

wen

tba

ckto

bein

gga

y.A

OIF

E:

Och

,he’

spr

obab

lyne

ither

one

thin

gno

rth

eot

her.

GR

ET

A:

Ido

n’t

thin

kM

anus

know

sw

hath

eis

yet.

But

whe

nhe

find

sou

t—he

’llbe

very

pow

erfu

l.A

OIF

E:

He’

syo

ung,

that

’sal

l.H

EL

EN

:A

oif

e,m

amm

ysa

ysyo

u’r

eto

goin

now

.A

OIF

E:

Ho

wis

he?

(HEL

ENsh

akes

herh

ead.

AO

TFE

goes

inan

dH

EL

EN

SItS

dow

nan

dw

aits

with

GR

ET

A.

Ent

er:

MA

NU

Sis

play

ing

the

end

ofa

reel

,‘T

heH

arve

stH

ome’

,on

hisf

iddl

e.A

wom

anpa

tient

ina

pink

quilt

eddr

essi

nggo

wn

does

asl

owda

nce,

are

el.

She’

dbe

very

pret

tyan

dpo

etic

ifsh

ew

asn’

tso

roun

dly

preg

nant

asw

ell.

Oth

erpa

tient

sin

dres

sing

gow

nsan

dni

ghtv

isito

rsto

the

hosp

itald

rift

tow

ards

the

fiddl

eran

dth

egi

rl.Su

dden

lysh

ebr

eaks

the

form

atio

nan

dru

nsac

ross

toH

EL

EN

.)M

EL

DA

:D

oyou

hav

ea

cig

aret

te?

HE

LE

N:

No.

And

you

should

n’t

smoke

iny

ou

rco

ndit

ion.

(MA

NtiS

goes

onpl

ayin

gve

ryso

ftly.

)M

EL

DA

:O

hlo

ok,

ther

e’s

aw

eebu

tt.

(She

pick

sup

aci

gare

tteen

dfr

omth

eflo

oran

dpu

tsit

inhe

rpoc

ket.)

Ilove

the

dan

ces,

don’t

you?

HE

LE

N:

You

dan

cev

ery

wel

l.

ME

LD

A:

Do

n’t

you

goto

the

dan

ces?

HE

LE

N:

Not

much

.I’

mto

obu

sy.

ME

LD

A:

Ido

.I

love

the

Plaz

a.T

here

’sal

way

sa

sailo

r.I’

mve

rypo

pula

rat

the

Plaz

a.Y

oukn

oww

hy?

(HE

LE

Nsh

akes

herh

ead.

)C

ause

my

teet

hli

gh

tup

inth

ed

ark

.A

sailo

rkn

ocke

dth

emou

tonc

e.A

ndth

ene

won

eslig

htup

atth

edi

sco.

See.

(She

bare

she

rte

eth.)

Och

,you

nee

dth

emfu

nny

lights

tose

eth

em

prop

erly

.(S

omet

hing

else

catc

hes

hera

ttent

ion.

)T

here

’sa

love

lypo

licem

an.

May

behe

’llha

vea

wee

butt.

(She

dart

sof

f.EM

ER

reap

pear

s.)

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EM

ER

:(C

allin

gaf

ter h

er)M

elda

!G

etaw

ayba

ckon

your

awn

corr

idor

and

leav

eth

ese

peop

leal

one,

ther

e’s

ago

odgi

rl.

HE

LE

N:

Idi

dn’t

thin

kth

eyha

dth

em

ater

nity

war

dsal

ong

here

.So

near

all

this

.E

ME

R:

She’

sno

tfro

mth

em

ater

nity

war

d—

she’

sfr

omth

eba

nana

war

d.H

EL

EN

:T

heba

nana

war

d?E

ME

R:

She’

snu

ts.

She’

sdo

wn

here

ever

yni

ght

chas

ing

men

.(H

EL

EN

look

saf

ter

ME

LD

A.)

Tha

t’s

the

thir

dpr

egna

ncy

intw

oye

ars.

The

yke

epta

king

the

babi

esof

fher

.G

RE

TA

:W

hy?

EM

ER

:Sh

e’s

not f

itto

look

afte

rth

em.

(Som

eap

plau

sefo

rth

efid

dler

.)M

AL

Evo

icE

:(O

ff)

Her

e,nu

rse,

isth

atFe

nian

mus

icne

ver

goin

gto

stop

!S

EC

ON

DV

OIC

E;

(Off

)Pl

ayth

e‘O

uld

Ora

nge

Flut

e’!

MA

NU

S:

(Com

ing

on) I

t’s

not F

enia

n,m

iste

r,it’

sIr

ish.

It’s

your

mu

sic.

And

Ica

npl

ayth

e‘O

uld

Ora

nge

Flut

e’—

EM

ER

:I

real

lylik

edyo

urpl

ayin

g,bu

tI

have

toas

kyo

uno

tto

doit

agai

n—

som

eof

our

patie

nts

will

betr

ying

tosl

eep

now

.(T

hecr

owd

drift

saw

ay.

EM

ER

mov

esth

emal

l on.

)H

EL

EN

:Si

nce

whe

ndi

dyo

upl

ayth

efi

ddle

?M

AN

US

:I

wan

ted

toge

t in

touc

hw

ithm

yow

nm

usic

for a

chan

ge.

HE

LE

N:

You

’llbe

taki

ngus

hom

eto

Glo

ckam

orra

next

.M

AN

US

:G

lock

amor

ra?

Whe

re’s

that

then

?H

EL

EN

:I’

vene

ver

been

mys

elf—

but

I’m

told

it’s

whe

reIr

ish

Am

eric

ans

gow

hen

they

die.

Tha

t’s

why

you

don’

t mee

tan

yof

them

inhe

aven

.M

AN

US

:W

ell,

you’

vego

t not

hing

tofe

ar.

HE

LE

N:

Are

n’tw

eci

tizen

sof

the

wor

ld?

We

Wer

eth

ela

sttim

ew

em

et.

MA

NU

S:

Ido

n’t f

eel l

ike

aci

tizen

ofth

ew

orld

whe

nI’

mtr

eate

dlik

ea

Padd

yan

da

Feni

angi

t.H

EL

EN

:Y

oudo

n’t h

ave

tost

oop

toot

her

peop

le’s

expe

ctat

ions

.D

on’t

desc

end

tofo

lk, c

ompo

seso

met

hing

new

.M

AN

US

:T

hem

usic

grow

sin

you

like

atr

eean

dI

can’

t com

pose

som

ethi

ngel

seun

tilI

know

my

own

tree

firs

t.

HE

LE

N:

Cou

ldyo

uno

tris

eab

ove

the

trib

e?L

etth

ere

beon

ear

tist

inth

efa

mily

.M

AN

US

:A

llgr

eat a

rtw

illha

veth

etr

ibe

behi

ndit.

HE

LE

N:

Hop

eful

lyal

ong

way

.M

AN

US

:W

hat a

bout

your

self

?H

EL

EN

:L

et’s

just

say

I’m

too

com

mer

cial

.M

AN

US

:H

ero

bbed

us, y

oukn

ow.

My

dadd

y.H

ebr

ough

t us

uplik

ePr

otes

tant

s.H

EL

EN

:W

ell,

my

mot

her

mad

eup

for i

t.M

AN

US

:I’

mta

lkin

gab

out t

hem

usic

,th

ela

ngua

ge,

the

cultu

re.

Itw

astr

aditi

onal

,he

said

itw

asna

tiona

list s

ow

ene

ver

lear

ntit

.N

owI

spen

dal

lmy

time

tryi

ngto

geti

tba

ck.

HE

LE

N:

Itw

asfo

rth

ebe

st.

He

didn

’tw

ant

ustu

rnin

gin

tore

bels

.M

AN

US

:It

was

igno

ranc

e.H

EL

EN

:It

mad

ese

nse.

MA

NU

S:

Not

tom

e.(A

0IF

Eco

mes

our,

she

look

sup

set.)

A0IF

E:

He

wan

tsto

becr

emat

ed.

MA

NU

S:

Wha

t’s

the

prob

lem

?W

illhe

notw

ait t

illhe

’sde

adfi

rst?

HE

LE

N:

Aw

ayon

inyo

utw

oan

dse

eyo

urda

ddy.

(MA

NU

5go

esin

.G

RE

TA

does

n’t s

tir.)

GR

ET

A:

Iw

illin

am

inut

e.H

EL

EN

:T

hevi

sitin

g’s

near

lyov

er.

(A0IF

Esit

sdo

wn.

)A

OIF

E:

Sow

hat d

oyo

uth

ink?

HE

LE

N:

Wha

tab

out?

AO

IFE

:A

bout

Dad

dy?

Was

ita

bans

hee?

Do

you

thin

khe

’sgo

ing

todi

e?H

EL

EN

:Pr

obab

ly:

AO

IFE

:D

oyo

uno

tca

re?

HE

LE

N:

He’

sbe

enan

inva

lidal

read

yfo

rth

epa

stfiv

eye

ars.

Isee

am

anin

aw

heel

chai

ran

da

wom

anpu

shin

ghi

m.

Iha

vea

very

com

plic

ated

atti

tude

toal

lthi

s.A

OIF

E:

‘Wha

t’sth

at.

HE

LE

N:

Iha

tet.

Iw

ish

hew

ere

dead

.A

OIF

E:

God

forg

ive

you

—yo

udo

n’t

mea

nth

at.

HE

LE

N:

Ido

.M

ym

othe

ris

apr

ison

erof

this

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AO

IFE

:S

he’d

belo

nely

wit

hout

him

.H

EL

EN

:D

on’t

you

beli

eve

it—

she’

dbe

off

roun

dth

ew

orld

.

(GR

ET

Age

tsup

quic

kly

and

goes

toth

edo

orof

the

war

d.)

HE

LE

N:

She

’sw

ith

dra

win

gfr

om

us,

I’m

wo

rrie

d.

AO

IFE

:S

he’s

bec

om

ing

very

gra

nd

.

HE

LE

N:

It’s

not

that

.S

he’s

too

qu

iet.

(The

door

sop

enan

dE

ME

Ral

mos

tbum

psin

toG

RE

TA

.H

EL

EN

stop

sA

OIF

Efr

omco

ntin

uing

.)E

ME

R:

His

mot

her

even

said

tom

e,‘W

hydi

dyo

unev

erm

any

my

Mal

achy

?’I

said

,‘I

know

.’H

e’s

soun

happ

yw

ith

that

wom

an—

she’

sa

real

Que

enB

ee.

Nev

erlif

tsa

fing

er.

I

bab

ysi

tfo

rth

em.

AO

IFE

:W

ell,

hech

ose

her.

EM

ER

:Y

ou’r

eri

ght.

No,

you

are.

He

did.

..

You

know

she

can

wal

kin

toa

room

and

pick

the

mos

tpo

wer

fulp

erso

nm

uri

ght

away

.T

here

coul

dbe

ahu

ndre

dpe

ople

init

.A

ndsh

eca

nfi

ndth

em

osti

mpo

rtan

tpe

rson

and

gost

raig

htup

toth

em.

AO

IFE

:T

hen

that

was

wha

t he

wan

ted.

EM

ER

:B

uton

ce—

befo

rea

big

oper

atio

n,w

ew

ere

just

abou

tto

goin

toth

eatr

ean

d,he

crie

d,an

dsa

id:

‘Em

er,s

he’s

preg

nant

,sa

vem

efr

omth

isw

oman

.’A

0IF

E:

And

why

didn

’tyo

u?E

ME

R:

Ido

n’tk

now

.Is

uppo

seI

neve

rre

ally

had

that

kind

ofco

urag

e.A

OtF

E:

Tha

t’s

real

lysa

d—

heLo

ved

you.

GR

ET

A:

You

have

nobi

te.

EM

ER

:N

obi

te?

GR

ET

A:

Som

ethi

ngcr

ucia

lha

sn’t

been

alig

ned.

(AO

IFE

give

sH

EL

EN

ala

rge

nudg

e.)

EM

ER

:Y

outh

ink

Ish

ould

see

ade

ntis

t.H

EL

EN

:It

’sno

twha

tsh

em

eans

.Y

oudo

n’t

have

tosa

yev

eryt

hing

that

com

esin

toyo

urhe

ad,G

reta

.G

RE

TA

:I

do.

Ica

n’th

elp

it.

EM

ER

:W

ell,

wha

t do

you

mea

n?G

RE

TA

:Y

ouca

n’tf

inis

hso

met

hing

off.

(Em

erge

ncy

alar

mbe

lls.

EM

ER

leap

sto

herf

eet.)

AO

IFE

:W

hat

isit?

HE

LE

N:

Wh

at’s

wro

ng

?

EM

ER

:I’

vego

tto

go.

(She

runs

. She

isso

onfo

llow

edby

anot

her n

urse

who

com

esth

roug

hth

edo

uble

door

s.Se

vera

ldoc

tors

rush

past

.R

OS

Eco

mes

outt

olo

okal

so.)

RO

SE:

That

’sth

eem

ergen

cyhea

rtsu

rger

ybe

ll.

They

ran

gth

at

for

yo

ur

dad

dy

.

A0IF

E:

Th

ey’r

eco

min

gin

inbu

llet

-pro

of

jack

ets.

ROSE

:The

re’s

been

ash

ootin

g.A

OIE

E:

(Loo

king

)T

here

’sbe

enm

ore

than

one.

HE

LE

N:

Why

som

any

arm

edp

oli

cem

en?

GR

ET

A:

Why

som

any?

RO

SE:

Bec

ause

ifit’

san

assa

ssin

atio

nth

eyal

way

sse

ndth

epo

lice

up

topro

tect

them

.A

nd

they

’dw

ant

toge

ta

stat

emen

tin

case

som

eone

dies

.

HE

LE

N:

Sure

lyth

egunm

enw

ou

ldn

’tco

me

into

the

ho

spit

al?

RO

SE

:W

ould

they

not?

Mo

reli

kely

they

’dco

me

into

fini

shth

em

off

.E

specia

lly

ifth

eyw

ere

reco

gniz

ed.

(HE

LE

Nge

tsto

herf

eet.

She

wal

ksa

little

way

tow

ards

the

dire

ctio

nsh

eha

sbe

enlo

okin

gin

.)H

EL

EN

:(A

mer

ican

)Ex

cu

sem

e.

PAU

L:

Hel

lo.

(He

isa

unifo

rmed

polic

eman

.)H

EL

EN

:(G

oing

clos

er)C

anyou

tell

me

wha

t’s

goin

gon

outs

ide?

I

plan

tod

riv

eh

om

ein

afe

wm

inu

tes.

Isit

safe

tole

ave

the

hosp

ital

just

now

?

PAU

L:

Wh

ere

hav

eyo

upar

ked

?

HE

LE

N:

About

two

cars

fro

mth

een

tran

ce.

Doe

sit

mat

ter?

PAU

L:

Yes

.W

hic

hen

tran

ce?

HE

LE

N:

Opposi

teth

ech

urc

h.

Why

?(R

OSE

com

esup

.)R

OSE

:W

hat

’shap

pen

ing?

We

have

togo

hom

eso

onand

they

’re

stil

lb

rin

gin

gpeo

ple

inon

troll

eys.

HE

LE

N:

It’s

all

right,

Mam

my

.I’

mhan

dli

ng

this

.P

AU

L:

(To

RO

SE)

Som

ebody

wen

tin

and

spra

yed

apu

bon

the

Doneg

alR

oad

.N

ine

dea

d.

It’s

are

tali

atio

nfo

rth

ebe

tting

shop.

RO

SE

:A

hG

od.

Our

ones

.

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HE

LE

N:

The

yar

en’t

our o

nes!

The

yha

veno

thin

gto

dow

ithus

.T

hey

are

mur

deri

ngbas

tard

s!(R

OSE

wal

ksba

ckto

AO

IFE

and

GR

ET

A.)

PAU

L:

Isth

atyour

mam

my?

HE

LE

N:his

.PA

UL

:I

thou

ghty

ouw

ere

Am

eric

an—

HE

LE

N:

Iliv

ein

Eng

land

.I’v

etr

avel

led

arou

nd.

PAU

L:

Ado

llym

ixtu

re.

HE

LE

N:

I’m

too

old

for

doll

ym

ixtu

res.

PAU

L:W

hich

way

doyo

ugo

hom

e?H

EL

EN

:N

ort

hB

elfa

st.

PAU

L:

You

’ll

beal

lri

ghtge

ttin

ghom

e.T

hat

’sif

your

car’

sst

illth

ere.

HE

LE

N:

Could

you

expla

into

me

why

itw

ould

n’t

be?

PAU

L:T

hear

my

and

polic

epa

ssin

join

t pat

rols

ever

yfi

ftee

nm

inut

es,o

uts

ide

the

front

ofth

ishosp

ital

.F

our

veh

icle

s:tw

opo

lice

and

two

arm

y.W

hen

the

last

vehi

cle

pass

esth

ega

ngs

mov

ein

. Ify

oudo

n’tl

eave

som

eone

inyo

urca

r it

won

’tbe

ther

ew

hen

you

rem

it.

HE

LE

N:

Tha

nkyo

u.PA

UL

:M

ypl

easu

re.

(He

wal

ksaw

ay.S

hew

alks

calm

lyto

theo

ther

s.)

HE

LE

N:

How

com

eno

body

men

tione

dth

ega

ngs?

RO

SE:

Sure

how

would

we

know

,w

e’ve

nev

erbe

enup

here

atni

ght.

AO

TFE:

He’

sde

liber

atel

ysc

arin

gyo

u.H

EL

EN

:H

e’s

succ

eede

d.I’

mw

orri

edab

outt

heca

r.AO

IEE:

You

rins

uran

cew

illco

veri

t—if

it’s n

otth

ere

we’

llge

tata

xihom

e.H

ELEN

:(W

alki

ngof

f)G

oan

dsa

ygo

odni

ght t

oD

addy

,we’

reof

fin

am

inut

e.R

OSE

:Sh

e’s

righ

t.W

eou

ght t

ogo

. It’s

notg

ood

tobe

out

late

on

this

road

.W

ebet

ter

say

goodnig

ht

toyour

dad

dy.

And

don’

tan

ybod

ym

entio

nth

eca

r or t

hebe

tting

shop

orth

esh

ootin

gs—

or—

AO

IEE

:W

ew

on’t

spea

k.O

K?

Infa

ctw

e’ll

just

wai

t her

e.Y

ougo

and

say

good

nigh

t.(R

osE

goes

into

the

war

d.)

Are

you

all

righ

t?

GR

ET

A:

How

man

ydea

d?

AOIE

E:I

thin

khe

said

nine

.G

RE

TA

:Is

this

the

Har

vest

?A

0IF

E:

Now

calm

dow

n.W

e’ll

beou

tof

here

ina

min

ute.

GR

ET

A:

Did

!do

this

?D

idI

brin

gth

isde

ath

inhe

rew

ithm

e?A

OIF

E:

Oh,

for

God

’ssa

kest

opit

!(G

RE

TA

gets

upW

her

ear

eyou

goin

g?

GRE

TA:

Aw

ay.

May

beif

!go

away

it’ll

com

ew

ithm

ean

dle

ave

you

all

inpea

ce.

A0I

EE

:(S

trugg

ling

with

GR

ET

A)

Hel

en!

Hel

en!

(Hel

en’s

foot

step

sru

shal

ong

the

corr

idor

tow

ards

them

.)W

e’ve

got

toget

her

hom

e.(H

ELEN

ente

rs.)

HE

LE

N:

More

bad

new

s.A

QIF

E:

Don’t

tell

me—

the

car

isn’t

ther

e.H

EL

EN

:N

o.

The

car’

sth

ere.

The

win

dscr

een

isn’

t.(G

RE

TA

istu

ggin

gto

geta

way

.)G

RE

TA

:L

etm

ego.

It’s

my

fault

!I’

mdea

th,

Ite

llyo

u.H

EL

EN

:T

her

e’s

aca

rpet

of

snow

on

the

front

seat

s.A

OIE

E:

It’s

snow

ing?

HE

LE

N:

No.

It’s

rain

ing—

bro

ken

gla

ss.

AO

IFE

:G

reta

!(G

RETA

rush

esaw

ayal

ong

the

corr

idor

.A

OIF

Ech

ases

her,

follo

wed

byH

EL

EN

.)

sCE

NE

5

Thef

ollo

win

gda

y.A

sunn

yya

rdbe

hind

the

shop

.A

OIE

Ean

dhe

rm

othe

rR

OSE

are

win

ding

woo

l.A

OIY

Eis

hold

ing

out h

erha

nds

and

her m

othe

ris

win

ding

.

AO

IFE

:W

hat

’sit

for?

RO

SE:

He’

sw

ants

itfo

rfi

shin

g.

AO

IFE

:H

e’ll

not

go

fish

ing

now

.R

OSE

:T

hat

’sw

hat

Isa

y—butif

ldo

n’t k

nit

it,

he’ll

thin

kI’

vegiv

enup

on

him

getti

ngbe

tter.

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AO

!FE

:E

ven

ifhe

did

get

bette

r,he

’dfa

lldo

wn

inth

ew

ater

ifhe

caug

htan

ythi

ngw

orth

whi

le.

He’

sno

tth

atst

eady

onhi

sfe

et.

RO

SE

:I

know

.B

utyo

uca

n’t

talk

tohi

m.

A0JF

E:

It’s

very

oily

.R

OS

E:

Sure

it’s

best

woo

l.A

OIF

E:

Hav

eyo

um

any

todo

?(S

heno

dsat

the

box

besid

eth

ech

air.)

RO

SE

:Ju

stw

hat’

sin

there

.

AO

IFE:

And

busi

ness

isgo

od.

RO

SE

:O

ch,

it’s

alw

ays

been

my

expe

rien

ceth

atm

oney

com

esw

hen

you

wan

tit.

And

Eas

ter’

sa

good

time

for

chri

sten

ings

.T

hen

Firs

tC

omm

unio

nin

May

.A

OIF

E:

Sow

hyar

eyo

use

ndin

gth

em

atin

éeja

cket

san

dch

rist

enin

gbo

nnet

sba

ck?

RO

SE

:Sh

e’s

char

ging

too

muc

hfo

rth

em.

AO

IFE

:B

utth

ew

ork

inth

em.

RO

SE

:It’

sno

good

sayi

ngth

ew

ork

ifpe

ople

aren

’tgo

ing

topa

yhe

rpr

ices

.M

rsM

owen

isa

Prot

esta

ntan

dhe

rm

atin

éeja

cket

sar

em

achi

nekn

itbu

tth

ey’r

ech

eape

r,an

dI

can

sell

them

fast

erth

anC

athl

een’

sso

I’m

givi

ngm

yor

der

tohe

rin

futu

re.

AO

IFE

:Y

oush

ould

n’t

send

them

all

back

.K

eep

afe

w,

Ist

illha

veth

eon

esh

ekn

itfo

rth

ebo

ys.

Fift

een

year

sag

o.R

OS

E:

(Sig

h)Is

itth

atlo

ng?

(HE

LE

Nco

mes

arou

ndth

esi

deof

the

hous

e;sh

eha

sbe

enou

tan

dis

cany

ing

car

keys

.)H

EL

EN

:W

hat

are

you

doin

gsi

tting

out

here

?A

OIF

E:

Tha

tdi

dn’t

take

long

.R

OS

E:

Ige

tal

lco

oped

upin

the

shop

.A

ndit’

sth

efi

rst

sunn

yda

y.H

EL

EN

:W

hat

happ

ened

toth

egr

ass?

RO

SE

:I

had

ftpa

ved

over

—su

reyo

urda

ddy

can’

tm

anag

ea

gard

enan

dM

anus

isne

ver

hom

ew

hen

you

wan

thi

m.

AO

IFE

:N

opr

oble

ms?

HE

LE

N:

Idr

ove

stra

ight

toth

eca

rhi

refi

nnan

dex

plai

ned:

Ihi

red

this

car

atth

eai

rpor

tye

ster

day

but

unfo

rtun

atel

yla

stni

ght

the

win

dscr

een

got

smas

hed

and

the

ster

eow

asst

olen

.

The

guy

didn

’tba

tan

eyel

id:

‘Whe

redi

dyo

upa

rk?’

hesa

id.

‘Rig

htou

tsid

eth

eho

spita

l,tw

oca

rsfr

omth

efr

ont

entr

ance

,’sa

ysI.

Do

you

know

wha

the

said

tom

e?A

OIF

E:

Wha

t?H

EL

EN

:If

I’d

know

nyo

uw

ere

goin

gto

the

Roy

alI’

dha

vegi

ven

you

anar

mou

red

car.

RO

SE

:It’

sth

atba

d.A

OIF

E:

Sow

hatd

ow

edo

toni

ght?

HE

LE

N:

Paul

said

we

shou

ldta

ketu

rns

tosi

tin

it.

AO

IFE

:Pa

ul?

HE

LE

N:

The

polic

eman

who

help

edus

last

nigh

twas

calle

dPa

ulW

atte

rson

.A

nyw

ayI

gota

brig

htre

dR

over

out

ofit

.It’

sbi

gger

than

the

one

Ipa

idto

hire

.T

hey

hadn

’tan

ysm

allc

ars

left.

Go

arou

ndth

efr

ont

and

have

alo

okat

it.

AO

IFE:

Iwill

ina

min

ute.

(The

phon

eri

ngs

insi

deth

eho

use.

)R

OS

E:

Aw

ayan

dan

swer

that

for

me.

Itm

ight

beth

eho

spita

l.(H

EL

EN

goes

indo

ors.

)T

hatw

eenu

rse

McG

ilhcu

ddy

said

she’

dri

ng.

Aw

ful

nice

girl

.A

OT

FE:

Em

er?

Ith

ink

she’

sgo

ther

eye

onou

rM

anus

.R

OS

E:

My

son?

Tut

.I

thou

ght

she

was

too

swee

tto

bew

hole

som

e.Y

oukn

owth

ey’r

ebu

ildin

ga

new

prim

ary

scho

olin

the

pari

sh.

I’d

like

the

cont

ract

for

the

unif

orm

s.A

0IF

E:

Do

you

have

ach

ance

?R

OS

E:

Doc

tor

McC

ourt

’sni

ece

isup

for

itto

o.B

utI

said

they

’ve

gota

llth

eot

her

cont

ract

s,it’

stim

eit

wen

tto

som

ebod

yel

se.

And

I’ve

educ

ated

enou

ghpr

iest

sin

this

pari

shto

foun

dan

orde

r.So

byri

ghts

it’s

my

turn

.A

OIF

E:

Why

have

you

neve

rha

da

cont

ract

for

any

ofth

esc

hool

sbe

fore

?R

OS

E:

Bec

ause

ever

ytim

eI

was

upfo

ron

eyo

urfa

ther

’dw

rite

ale

tter

toth

ene

wsp

aper

criti

cizi

ngth

ech

urch

’sat

titud

eto

inte

grat

edsc

hool

san

dth

atw

ould

bean

end

ofit.

The

Mot

her

Supe

rior

atth

egr

amm

arsc

hool

said

tom

eon

ce:

‘Mrs

Fly

nn,w

eco

uld

hard

lyas

kyo

uto

supp

lyth

esc

hool

unif

orm

whe

nyo

urow

nhu

sban

ddo

esn’

tbel

ieve

inth

eex

iste

nce

ofou

rsc

hool

s.’

Isw

ear

hedi

dit

onpu

rpos

e.

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AO

IFE

:W

hy

did

you

mar

ryhi

m?

RO

SE;

What

aques

tion.

AO

IFE

:W

ell,

you

dis

agre

eso

much

.

RO

SE:

Itw

ould

n’t

dofo

rus

all

tobe

the

sam

e.

(HEL

ENco

mes

out a

ndlo

okss

hock

ed.)

AO

IFE

:D

addy

was

the

firs

tC

om

munis

ton

the

Fal

lsR

oad

,an

d

you

wer

ea

mem

ber

of

the

Chil

dre

nof

Mar

y.

Im

ean,

Id

on

’t

expec

tp

eople

tobe

the

sam

e—

but

you

wer

en’t

even

clos

e!

(Ros

Ese

esH

EL

EN

’sfa

ce.

AG

IFE

has

totu

rnar

ound

tose

ehe

r.

RO

SE

drop

sth

eba

llof

woo

l.)R

OS

E:

Wha

tis

it?Is

ityo

urda

ddy?

HE

LE

N:

Gre

ta’s

been

arre

sted

.

RO

SE

:O

hS

acre

dH

eart

,w

hatf

or?

HE

LE

N:

Thef

t.R

OSE

:M

yda

ught

era

thie

f!G

reta

?I

don’

tbe

liev

eyo

u.

AO

IFE:

Wha

tdi

dsh

edo

?H

ELEN

:So

me

time

this

afte

rnoo

n,G

reta

wen

tto

Clo

nard

Mon

aste

ryan

dto

oka

chal

ice

from

asi

deal

tar

duri

nga

Low

Mas

s,an

dw

alke

dou

tw

ithit,

befo

rean

ybod

yre

aliz

edw

hat

was

happ

enin

g.R

OS

E:

Oh

Jesu

sM

ary

and

Sai

ntJo

seph

!

HE

LE

N:

Then

she

took

abu

sto

the

city

cent

rest

ill

hold

ing

the

chal

ice.

RO

SE:

Oh

Sw

eet

Jesu

s,ha

vem

ercy

HE

LE

N:

Itw

asfu

llof

com

munio

nw

afer

s—

whi

chsh

ebe

gan

dist

ribu

ting

AO

IFE

:T

oth

epe

ople

inth

ebu

squ

eues

.

HE

LE

N:

Yes

.AU

over

the

tow

n.T

oan

yone

who

wou

ldta

keth

em

off

her.

AO

IFE

:S

hedi

dit

.Sh

esa

idsh

ew

asn’

tgoi

ngto

doit.

Did

n’ts

he?

HE

LE

N:

She

did.

And

she

did

it.

RO

SE

:W

hat?

You

knew

?Y

oubo

thkn

ew?

Ica

n’t

beli

eve

this

!I

can’

tbe

liev

ew

hat

you’

rete

llin

gm

e.Y

oukn

eww

hat

she

was

goin

gto

doan

dyo

ule

th

er

out

onhe

row

n.A

OIF

E:

She

prom

ised

ussh

ew

ould

n’t.

RO

SE

:So

whe

reis

she

now

?H

EL

EN

:T

hepo

lice

stat

ion.

RO

SE:

For

stea

ling

ach

alic

e?

HE

LE

N:

The

yon

lyw

ante

dto

besu

reth

atit

was

n’t

poli

tica

l.

RO

SE

:O

hM

ary

Moth

erof

God

.

HE

LE

N:

Ito

ldth

emth

atsh

e’d

been

ina

men

tal

hosp

ital

in

Eng

land

and

was

out

for

aw

eek

beca

use

her

dadd

yw

asin

the

Roy

alw

ith

hear

ttr

oubl

e.So

whe

nI

conf

irm

edth

atsh

ew

as

just

nuts

they

wer

eha

ppy

tole

the

rgo

.

AO

IFE

:Is

she

all

righ

t?H

EL

EN

:T

hey

said

she

was

abi

tda

zed

and

was

sitt

ing

hold

ing

the

chal

ice

like

itw

asth

eH

oly

Gra

il.

A0I

FE:

Och

,G

odlo

vehe

r.I’

dlo

veto

have

seen

it.

HE

LE

N:

InE

ngla

nd

they

Lock

her

upif

she’

sm

adbut

let

her

goif

she’

spoli

tica

l.In

Irel

and

they

lock

her

up

ifsh

e’s

poli

tica

l

and

let

her

goif

she’

sm

ad.

AO

IFE

:D

oyo

uth

ink

Gre

ta’s

mad

?

HE

LE

N:

No

more

than

anyone

else

inth

isco

untr

y.

RO

SE:

An

dw

her

eis

she

now

?

HE

LE

N:

They

said

they

’dle

ther

goso

on.

AO

IFE:

The

poin

tis

—it

mus

tn’t

get

out.

HEL

EN:

Ikn

ow.i

itge

tsin

the

pape

rsw

e’re

done

for.

ROSE

:Y

ou’r

edo

nefo

r!C

atho

lics

are

bein

gm

urde

red

inth

eir

bed

sin

this

area

for

less

!Y

ou’r

edone

for!

•A

0IFE

:W

ere

ther

ean

yre

port

ers?

HE

LE

N:W

hO

kn

oW

s.

AO

IFE

:W

hen

does

the

earl

yed

itio

nof

the

Tele

grap

hget

here

?

RO

SE:

What

does

itm

atte

rab

out

the

pap

ers

—th

edam

age

isdone

enough.

I’ll

have

the

cler

gydo

wn

onm

e!

HE

LE

N:

Im

anag

edto

kee

pth

epo

lice

from

ring

ing

Doct

or

Cam

pbel

l.B

ut

Ica

n’t

guar

ante

eto

kee

pit

out

ofth

e

new

spapers

.

RO

SE:

Who

’sD

oct

or

Cam

pbel

l?

HE

LE

N:

He’

sher

psy

chia

tris

t,in

En

gla

nd

.It

mig

ht

only

be

report

edlo

call

y.

AO

IFE

:T

hat

would

n’t

beso

bad

.

RO

SE:

Not

sobad

?

HE

LE

N:

Loo

k,M

amm

y,st

op

echoin

gevery

thin

gw

esa

y.

IfG

reta

gets

invo

lved

inan

yfu

nny

inci

dent

s,if

she

does

n’t

appe

arto

beco

mpl

etel

yca

lman

dsa

ne,

she

won

’tge

tcu

stod

yof

her

chil

dren

.

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RO

SE

:C

usto

dy!

She’

sno

tfit

tolo

okaf

ter h

erse

lf, l

etat

one

child

ren!

Iha

dno

idea

she

was

soill

.Y

ou’d

nori

ght

tole

the

rou

ton

her

own.

Iad

vise

you

toca

lla

doct

orim

med

iate

lyan

dge

tth

emto

com

mit

her;

for I

won

’tta

kere

spon

sibi

lity

HE

LE

N:

I’m

notc

allin

ga

doct

orhe

re—

they

still

issu

eel

ectr

icsh

ock

ther

apy

inth

isco

untr

y,w

ithou

t the

patie

nt’s

cons

ent.

RO

SE

:M

ysi

ster

Cla

reha

del

ectr

icsh

ock

trea

tmen

t.It

didn

’tdo

her

any

harm

.(T

hega

lecr

eaks

open

.)G

RE

TA

:I’

mno

till

.R

OS

E:

How

did

you

get u

phe

reso

quic

kly?

GR

ET

A:

Igo

t ata

xi.

Idi

dn’t

thin

kyo

u’d

wan

tapo

lice

car a

t the

door

.R

OS

E:

You

wer

ew

orri

edab

out

that

afte

r wha

tyou

’ve

done

?G

od,

you

take

the

bisc

uit.

You

’ve

done

for m

eto

day,

girl

, I’m

telli

ngyo

u.G

RE

TA

:W

hy,

wha

t’s

wro

ng—

RoS

E:

I’m

look

ing

for

the

fran

chis

efo

rth

esc

hool

unif

orm

sin

this

pari

shan

dyo

u’ve

just

been

arre

sted

for s

teal

ing

ach

alic

efr

omth

ech

urch

.W

ait

till t

hepa

rish

prie

sthe

ars

abou

tth

is!

GR

ET

A:

The

yal

read

ykn

ow. T

hey’

reno

tpr

essi

ngch

arge

s.T

heH

osts

wer

en’t

cons

ecra

ted.

RO

SE

:W

ell,

that

’sso

met

hing

—it

was

just

thef

t,no

tbl

asph

emy!

I’ll

beab

leto

say

that

whe

nm

yap

plic

atio

nco

mes

upbe

fore

the

Boa

rd.

HE

LE

N:

All

you

have

todo

issa

yG

reta

’sill

.G

RE

TA

:I’

mno

t ill.

Iac

ted

delib

erat

ely.

I kee

pte

lling

ever

yone

.A

ndyo

uto

ldth

epo

lice

!w

asUI

.H

EL

EN

:I

did

itto

get y

ouou

t.W

hat

did

you

thin

kyo

uw

ere

doin

gan

yway

?A

OIF

E:

You

said

you

wou

ldn’

t do

it.G

RE

TA

:I

sudd

enly

unde

rsto

odit

.R

OS

E:

How

coul

dyo

u?A

ndyo

urda

ddy

inth

eho

spita

l.N

oon

eis

tote

llhi

m,r

ight

?N

oon

eis

tom

entio

nit.

AO

IFE

:If

itge

tsin

toth

epa

per

ofco

urse

—so

meb

ody’

sbo

und

tom

entio

nit

atth

eho

spita

l.H

EL

EN

:N

obod

y’s

goin

gto

men

tion

itat

the

hosp

ital,

don’

t be

daft

.

(GR

ET

Ata

kes

api

ece

ofp

aper

from

herp

ocke

t.)W

hat’

sth

is?

(She

hand

sH

EL

EN

the

piec

eof

crum

pled

pape

r.)

GR

ET

A:

Iis

sued

ast

atem

ent.

RO

SE

:O

hm

yG

od,

Ith

ink

I’m

goin

gto

join

your

fath

er.

(She

iscl

utch

ing

her h

eart

.)H

EL

EN

:M

oth

er,

stop

it!

(HE

LE

Nha

nds

GR

ET

Aba

ckth

epa

per.

)W

hat d

idyo

usa

yin

your

stat

emen

t?G

RE

TA

:R

ead

it.

HEL

EN:N

o,yo

ute

llm

e.A

OIF

E:

(Sna

tchi

ngth

epa

per)

Oh,

for

God

’ssa

ke!

(Rea

ds.)

‘Iti

sra

nkhy

pocr

isy

ofth

ech

urch

esin

Irel

and

toco

ndem

nvi

olen

cean

dto

keep

the

scho

ols

apar

t.T

hey

mus

ten

dse

para

teed

ucat

ion

aton

ce.

We

mus

thav

ein

tegr

ated

scho

ols

forf

ive-

year

-old

s.H

EL

EN

:Y

oucr

itici

zed

all t

hech

urch

es,

then

—no

tju

stth

eC

atho

licC

hurc

h?G

RE

TA

:O

fcou

rse.

HE

LE

N:

Wel

l,th

at’s

may

beO

K.

RO

SE

:A

reyou

joki

ng?

You

stea

l ach

alic

efu

llof

com

mun

ion

waf

ers

from

the

alta

ran

dgi

veth

emou

t aro

und

the

tow

nlik

eco

nfet

tian

dth

enyo

um

ake

ast

atem

ent c

ritic

izin

gre

ligio

nin

scho

ols!

I mig

htas

wel

l clo

seth

esh

op!

Are

you

tryi

ngto

put

me

out o

fbus

ines

s?G

RE

TA

:I

don’

t giv

ea

toss

abou

t you

rbu

sine

ss, M

othe

r.R

OS

E:

No,

now

you

don’

tgiv

ea

dam

n!Y

ou’r

ea

chip

off t

heol

dbl

ock!

You

’ve

got

his

perv

ersi

tyto

war

dsm

e!G

RE

TA

:St

op!

Stop

!St

op,

Mam

my.

Thi

sis

noth

ing

todo

with

you.

RosE

:T

heso

oner

you

goba

ckto

Eng

land

HE

LE

N:

Gre

ta,y

oum

ustn

’tdo

this

.T

his

thin

g—th

isis

not

your

mis

sion

,lo

ve,p

leas

e.Y

ou’r

eno

tm

eant

toac

t.Y

ouha

veto

cont

ain

this

voic

eth

at’s

whi

sper

ing

toyo

uto

doth

ese

thin

gs.

GR

ET

A:

Ife

elco

mpe

lled

.!fe

elas

ifit

wer

eru

nnin

gaw

ayw

ithm

e.T

hevo

ice.

A0IF

E:

Why

did

you

doit

,ho

ney?

You

said

tous

you

wou

ldn’

t?G

RE

TA

:!w

ante

dto

stop

the

killi

ngs.

Ith

ough

tif I

obey

edth

eV

oic

eit

would

alls

top.

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HE

LE

N:

We

have

togo

som

ewhe

requ

iet.

GR

ET

A:

Am

Isi

ckth

en,H

elen

?A

OIF

E:

She

does

n’t

look

sick

—sh

elo

oks

radi

ant.

HE

LE

N:

So

met

imes

very

sens

itive

peop

lear

eco

mpo

sed

byth

epe

ople

arou

ndth

em,a

ndif

ther

e’s

alo

t oft

ensi

on—

AG

IlE

:M

aybe

ifyo

uw

ent t

oth

eco

ast t

omor

row

, aw

eetr

ipto

the

seas

ide.

HE

LE

N:

Why

don’

t we

allg

o—

did

you

put

your

nam

eon

this

stat

emen

tw

hen

you

issu

edit

?G

RETA

:O

hno

.I’

mno

tim

port

ant.

I’m

just

the

vess

elfo

rth

eV

oice

.H

EL

EN

:W

ell,

that

’sso

met

hing

.(S

ound

ofa

card

oors

lam

min

gsh

ut. H

eavy

boot

sru

nnin

g.)

FIR

ST

SO

LD

IER

’SV

OIC

E:

(Off

)H

alt!

MA

NU

S’S

VO

ICE

:(O

ff)

Iliv

ehe

re.

(Sho

utin

g.)

Ma!

Ma!

Will

you

com

eou

ther

ean

dte

llth

ese

eejit

s,th

isis

whe

reI

live!

RO

SE:

Och

,w

hat i

sit

now

—is

ther

eno

peac

e?(R

OS

Eis

alre

ady

onhe

r fee

tand

goin

gfor

war

das

MA

NT

iSed

ges

into

view

,car

ryin

gaf

lat c

ardb

oard

box

(so

heca

n’t r

aise

his

hand

s). H

eis

bein

gw

alke

dba

ckw

ards

atgu

n,or

rath

errif

le,

poO

u.)

MA

NU

S:

Ma!

(The

FIR

ST

SO

LD

IER

now

com

esin

tovi

ew,p

oint

ing

his

rifle

atM

AN

TiS

.H

eis

follo

wed

byan

othe

r foo

tsol

dier

.Th

ere

isth

eoc

casi

onal

burs

t ofr

adio

soun

dsof

fas

ala

rge

arm

yve

hicl

eis

obvi

ousl

ypa

rked

clos

eby

.R

OSE

gasp

sat

the

serio

usne

ssof

the

situ

atio

n.)

FIR

ST

SO

LD

IER

:Y

ou

wen

tth

rough

aro

adbl

ock,

Padd

y.(T

heSE

CO

ND

SO

LD

IER

isco

verin

gth

ew

omen

inth

e yar

dw

ithhi

srif

le.

They

are

stun

ned

byth

isin

trusi

on.

Onl

yM

AN

US

beha

ves

asif

noth

ing

impo

rtant

was

atst

ake.

)M

AN

US:

Not

did

n’t

.Y

our

road

blo

ckw

asin

the

mid

dle

ofth

ero

ad.

Iwas

n’tg

oing

toth

em

iddl

eof

the

road

, Iw

asco

min

gin

here

.R

OSE

:H

edo

esliv

ehe

re.

MA

NU

S:A

ndm

yna

me’

sno

tPad

dy—

Tom

my.

FIR

ST

SO

LD

IER

:W

e’ll

have

iden

tific

atio

nfr

omyo

u,Pa

ddy.

(MA

NuS

does

notm

ove.

HE

LE

Nst

eps f

orw

ard.

)

HE

LE

N:

His

nam

eis

Man

usFl

ynn.

21

2C

ollin

gwoo

dR

oad,

Bel

fast

14.

(She

man

ages

very

quic

kly

topr

oduc

ehe

row

ndr

ivin

glic

ence

from

her

bag.

)A

ndm

yna

me

isH

elen

Flyn

n,I’

mhi

ssi

ster

.(S

hesh

ows

the

SOL

DIE

Rhe

r lic

ence

.)(H

eta

kes

ago

odlo

okat

HE

LE

Nst

andi

ngin

this

Bel

fast

back

yard

inhe

rwell

—cu

t clo

thes

,with

her s

iste

rs.)

FIR

ST

SO

LD

IER

:L

on

do

n?

HE

LE

N:

Yes

.T

hat

’sri

ght.

RO

SE:

Th

ey’r

eju

sto

ver

fro

mE

ng

lan

d.

Atl

east

thes

etw

oar

c,bu

tsh

e’s

up

fro

mth

eco

untr

y.

FIR

ST

SoL

DIE

R:

Wher

e’s

yo

ur

lice

nce

?

MA

NT

iS:

It’s

inth

eho

use.

AO

IFE

:I’l

lgo

and

get i

tfor

you

ifyo

ulik

e.SE

CO

ND

SO

LD

IER

:N

oone

move.

RO

SE:

He

does

live

her

e,you

see.

He

mea

nt

nohar

m.

His

dad

dy’s

inth

eho

spita

lan

d—

he

was

doin

ga

wee

mes

sage

for

me,

toth

ew

hole

sale

and

SEC

ON

DS

OL

DIE

R:

Get

hun

toop

enth

ebo

x.F

IRS

TS

OL

DIE

R:

Open

the

box,

Padd

y!M

AN

TiS

:N

ot

whil

eyo

uca

llm

eou

tolm

yna

me!

(GR

ET

Ain

terv

enes

. She

take

sth

ebo

xfro

mhi

sha

nds

and

open

sit

;it

cont

ains

thre

ew

hite

veils

.She

drop

sth

ebo

xan

dho

lds

the

veils

inhe

rhan

ds.)

FIR

ST

SO

LD

IER

:S

om

ebody

her

eg

etti

ng

mar

ried

?

GR

ET

A:

Th

ese

are

for

chil

dre

n.

RO

SE:

They

’re

for

wee

gir

ls.

Fo

rF

irst

Co

mm

un

ion

.

AO

IFE

:It

’sm

ym

oth

er’s

busi

nes

s.Sh

eow

nsth

esh

op,s

hese

llscl

oth

esfo

rg

irls

up

toel

even

.R

OSE

:F

lynn’s

Outf

itte

rs,

that

’sm

yb

usi

nes

s.

(GRE

TAre

mai

nsho

ldin

gth

eve

ilsin

her a

ntis

.Th

eSO

LD

IER

Sre

mai

nw

ithth

eir g

unsf

ixed

onth

epeo

ple

inth

eyar

d.Th

eFI

RST

SOLD

IER

islo

okin

gw

ithcu

riosi

tyan

dam

usem

ent a

tthe

scen

e.A

nO

FF

ICE

R—

who

has

clea

rlybe

enon

the

vehi

cle

radi

o—

com

esin

quic

kly.

He

addr

esse

sR

OS

E.)

COM

MA

ND

ING

OFF

ICER

:(H

esp

eaks

quie

tly)

Isth

isyo

uth

resi

dent

atth

isad

dre

ss,

Mad

am?

RO

SE:

Yes

.H

eis

my

son

,M

anus

Fly

nn

.O

FFIC

ER:

He

left

his

car

and

rush

edin

here

.

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RO

SE:

Wel

l,th

isis

whe

rehe

lives

.A

ndhe

’son

his

lunc

hho

ur.

MA

NU

S:I’

veb

een

stopped

thre

etim

escr

oss

ing

the

tow

n.O

FFIC

ER

:(P

ersi

sts

inad

dres

sing

RO

SE

)It

coul

dha

vebe

enan

ambu

shfo

rus

.O

rhe

mig

htha

veb

een

arm

ed.

We

Saw

him

hurr

yin

toth

isho

use

and

gave

chas

e.It

coul

dev

enha

vebe

enan

atte

mpt

onth

eli

feof

som

eone

inth

ish

ou

se.

RO

SE:

Yes

.F

air

enou

gh.

Ido

see

how

itlo

oked

toyo

u.M

AN

TIS

:It

’sno

tfa

ir.T

hese

guys

wer

eab

usiv

eto

me

befo

reI

got

out o

f the

car.

The

yke

ptca

lling

me

thic

kom

icko

—th

at’s

why

Iw

alke

din

toth

eho

use.

HE

LE

N:

Tha

t’s

enou

gh, M

anus

.(T

heO

FF

ICE

Rpu

llsth

ettv

oSO

LD

IER

Sof

f.)FI

RST

SOL

DIE

R:

Hav

ea

nice

day

—P

addy

.A

OIF

E:(P

uts

herh

and

onM

AN

US’

san

n.)

Tha

nkyo

u,sa

me

toyo

u.(T

heSO

LD

IER

Sex

it.)

MA

NU

S:(B

untin

gou

t)H

ogsw

ash!

Pigs

will

!H

EL

EN

:S

hu

tup

!A

OIF

E:

Ith

ink

I’m

goin

gto

besi

ck.

(The

soun

dof

slam

min

gve

hicl

edo

ors.

)M

AN

US

:D

own

with

Tud

orE

ngla

nd!

HE

LE

N:

Shu

tup,

you

stup

id,

stup

id,

pers

on!

MA

NU

S:

Dow

nw

ith

Tro

y!G

RET

A:

Sto

pit

,pl

ease

.M

AN

US:

Wel

l,lo

okat

you

lot

—cu

rtsy

toth

ebo

ys.

I’m

surp

rise

dyo

udi

dn’t

offe

rth

ema

cupp

ate

a,M

a!H

EL

EN

:S

elfi

shb

rat!

RO

SE:

Cal

md

ow

n.

He

does

n’t

kn

ow

.M

AN

TIS:

Why

isev

ery

bo

dy

trea

ting

me

asif

I’ve

do

ne

som

eth

ing

wro

ng.

HE

LE

N:

You

left

yo

ur

car

and

rush

edin

her

ebri

ngin

gth

ear

my

inaf

ter

you!

MA

NU

S:I

did

n’t

know

you

wer

eal

lo

ut

inth

eyar

d.

HE

LE

N:

Fri

git

!L

ook

I’m

trem

bli

ng.

(Hol

dshe

r han

din

fron

tof

her.)

Th

atof

fice

rju

stga

veus

thre

epla

usi

ble

reas

ons

for

shooti

ng

you.

You

defi

eda

road

blo

ck;

you

mig

ht

have

bee

nar

med

;it

mig

ht

have

been

anam

bush

.T

he

sort

ofth

ing

you

read

abo

ut

inth

enew

spap

ers

all

the

tim

e.N

oon

ew

ould

have

bat

ted

aney

elid

inE

ngla

nd.

MA

NT

IS:

You

’re

hyst

eric

al!

GR

ET

A:

We

wer

ein

aba

ckya

rd,

Man

us—

they

coul

dha

veop

ened

fire

and

aske

dqu

esti

ons

afte

rwar

ds.

AO

tFE:

And

noon

ew

ould

know

our

stor

y.R

OS

E:

‘Whe

nyo

u’re

dead

itdo

esn’

tm

atte

r.G

RET

A:

Bec

ause

we

wou

ldn’

tbe

aliv

eto

tell

it.D

oyo

uunder

stan

d,

Man

us,

all

we

have

todo

isst

ayal

ive

and

tell

the

truth

.M

AN

TIS

:I

knew

I’d

best

oppe

dto

day.

A0IF

E:

Why

?M

AN

US

:B

ecau

seof

last

nigh

t.W

edr

ewat

tent

ion

toou

rsel

ves

whe

nw

ew

ent

toth

ew

rong

plac

e.I

knew

whe

nw

ew

ere

stan

ding

ther

ein

the

floo

dlig

hts,

bene

ath

the

wal

lan

dno

body

com

ing

out

tous

.I

felt

them

wat

chin

g.G

RE

TA

:It

was

eeri

e,th

esi

lenc

e.H

EL

EN

:W

ell,

Idi

dn’t

know

the

poli

cest

atio

nw

asoc

cupi

edby

the

arm

y.I

had

tore

port

the

car.

AO

tFE

:So

we

wen

tto

the

wro

ngpl

ace

—it’

sno

crim

e.R

OS

E:

Ito

ldyo

u—

you

shou

ldha

veco

me

hom

ean

dru

ngth

em!

The

ym

ight

have

thou

ght

we

wer

ego

ing

toat

tack

the

barr

acks

.H

EL

EN

:W

e’d

hard

lydr

ive

upto

the

fron

ten

tran

cean

dri

ngth

ebe

ll.

RO

SE

:T

here

’sa

kam

ikaz

iel

emen

tup

here

that

wou

ld.

Som

eof

thos

efe

llas

have

noth

ing

tolo

se.

MA

NT

IS:

Iw

ant

topa

int

onth

ew

alls

ofal

lth

epo

lice

stat

ions

and

arm

yba

rrac

ks:

‘For

get

1690

!F

orge

thi

stor

y!R

emem

ber—

the

pu

rsu

itof

happ

ines

sis

aR

ight

ofM

an!’

HE

LE

N:

I’ve

seen

thos

ew

ords

ona

wal

lso

mew

here

else

—an

dI

wou

ldn’

tbe

alon

ein

thin

king

itdo

esn’

tch

ange

anyt

hing

.M

AN

TIS

:It

does

n’t

mat

ter;

it’s

the

fact

that

the

wor

dsar

eup

ther

e,it’

sa

prom

ise,

aco

vena

ntof

som

ethi

ng.

Oth

erw

ise

they

mig

htge

tlo

st.

Eve

nif

noon

esp

oke

them

orth

eygo

tpa

inte

dov

er,

itw

ould

n’t

mat

ter,

they

’dco

me

thro

ugh

agai

nan

dag

ain,

they

’dco

me

thro

ugh.

Soyo

uha

veto

doit

—pa

int

the

wor

dson

the

wal

l—

GR

ET

A:

Sit

dow

nin

the

road

!M

AN

TIS

:W

rite

them

upth

ere

—be

fore

it’s

too

late

.

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RO

SE:

Och

now

,ta

keit

easy

,so

n.C

ome

on—

I’ll

gety

ourl

unch

or

YOU

will

bela

teba

ckto

wor

k.

(She

goes

tow

ards

the

hous

e.)

RO

SE

:H

ere,

Gre

ta!

Are

you

goin

gto

stan

dhold

ing

thos

eve

ils

the

leng

thof

your

arm

?Pu

tth

emaw

ayin

the

box

inca

seth

ey

getd

irty

.(R

OS

Ego

esin

toth

eho

use.

MA

NU

Sre

mai

nsin

the

yard

.)A

OIF

E:

Ine

arly

died

laug

hing

whe

nyo

uop

ened

the

box,

and

pull

edou

tth

ose

tiny

veil

s.T

hat

poor

sold

ier

mus

tha

ve

thou

ght—

child

brid

es?

(GR

ET

AR

UtS

ave

ilon

herh

ead.

)

GR

ET

A:

Ido

.I

do.!

do.

(A0I

FEta

kes

anot

herv

eila

ndtra

ilsit

acro

ssth

elo

wer

part

ofhe

r

face

.)A

OIE

E:

It’s

som

yste

riou

s.

GR

ET

A:

Hel

en?

(She

hand

she

rave

il.)

HE

LE

N:

(Tou

ches

itw

ithhe

rfin

gers

)Iw

ould

n’tp

utit

on—

itm

ight

not

belu

cky.

(GR

ET

Are

mov

esth

eve

ilfr

omhe

rhea

d.)

GR

ETA

:T

he

sold

iers

cam

ein

toth

eya

rdbe

caus

eI

amm

eant

tose

e

thes

eth

ings

.B

ecau

seI

ama

tong

ue.

HE

LE

N:

Oh,

now

don’t

star

tdow

nth

atro

adG

reta

!

MA

NU

S:

What

road

isth

at,

Hel

en?

HE

LE

N:

She

thin

kssh

e’s

avo

ice

for

the

ance

stra

lw

oes.

AG

IFE

:A

ndw

hynot?

HE

LE

N:

(Loo

king

into

GR

ET

A’s

face

)It

was

the

Ple

iade

syo

usa

w;

not

the

Plo

ugh.

GR

ET

A:

Was

it?

HE

LE

N:

The

who

leof

Irel

and

isnot

cryi

ngout

toyo

u—

it’s

your

self

!(S

udde

nly

ayou

ngm

anco

mes

arou

ndth

eba

ckof

the

hous

ean

d

into

view

.)PA

UL

:H

elen

?

HE

LE

N:

Pau

l!

A0I

FE

:Je

sus,

Hel

en—

who

’sth

is?

HE

LE

N:

It’s

Pau

lW

atte

rson.

He

help

edus

last

nig

ht.

AO

IFE

:O

h,

the

poli

cem

an.

..

Idid

n’t

reco

gniz

eyo

uin

your

clot

hes

HE

LE

N:

Com

ein

.C

ome

in.

(She

lead

shim

thro

ugh

theg

ate.

)T

he

cat’

sgr

eat—

Igot

ane

won

e.

PAU

L:T

he

arm

yra

dioe

dan

inci

den

the

re.

Iw

asin

Quee

nS

tree

t

barr

acks

when

itca

me

in.

Isev

eryth

ing

allr

ight

?I’

mac

tual

ly

off

duty

butI

thou

ghtI

’ddr

opby

.

HE

LE

N:

Fin

e—no

w.

AO

TFE:

It’s

not

very

nice

havi

nga

conver

sati

on

atgu

npo

int;

it

som

ehow

does

n’ts

eem

equa

l.

PAU

L:T

hey

wer

ew

ithi

nth

eir

righ

ts—

your

bro

ther

did

n’t

stop

at

the

road

bloc

k.

A0I

FE:

He

must

have

stopped

—be

caus

ehe

said

they

abuse

dhi

m

befo

rehe

got

out

ofhi

sca

r—th

eyca

lled

him

athic

ko

mic

ko—

and

Ibe

liev

em

ybro

ther

.Y

oute

llhi

m,M

aim

s!

MA

NT

iS:

Idon’t

need

to.

He

know

sbl

oody

righ

tly

they

abuse

dm

e.

PAU

L:T

hey

’re

abi

tju

mpy,

that

regi

men

t—th

ey’v

eca

used

trouble

allo

vert

heto

wn

toda

y..

.So

me

ofth

ose

sold

iers

are

over

here

wit

hre

dundan

cyno

tice

sin

thei

rpo

cket

s.

AO

IFE:

Itm

ust

behar

dbe

ing

mar

ried

toa

sold

ier.

You

know

.

Whe

nth

ey’r

ein

aw

arth

atth

egover

nm

ents

ays

isn’

ta

war

.In

thei

rm

inds

itm

ust

behar

d.

You

know

,to

gohom

ean

dsi

tin

pubs

inB

irm

ingham

and

London

next

toIr

ish

peo

ple

who

they

wer

eto

ldm

ightm

urd

erth

emth

enig

ht

befo

re.

Itm

ust

be

hard

tobe

anE

ngli

shso

ldie

r.

GR

ET

A:

It’s

the

bom

bsin

Eng

land

,isn

’tit?

PA

UL

:So

me

ofth

atre

gim

enta

refr

omth

eto

wn

whe

reth

ech

ildre

n

wer

eki

lled.

(RO

SE

com

esou

tint

oth

eyar

d.)

RO

SE

:W

ould

you

like

som

ete

a—

PA

UL

:N

oth

anks,

Mrs

Flyn

n.

RO

SE

:A

bito

fspo

nge,

may

be?

PA

UL

:T

hank

s,no

RO

SE

:S

on,y

our

lunc

his

on

the

tabl

e.

GR

ET

A:

Are

you

aC

atho

lic

poli

cem

an?

PA

UL

:A

ye.

GR

ET

A:T

hen

you

know

what

it’s

like

.

PA

UL

:W

hati

sit

like?

GR

ET

A:

We

have

the

fait

hof

the

kill

ers

and

the

guil

tof

the

spar

ed.

(PA

UL

look

shar

dat

her.)

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RO

SE:

(To

MA

NU

S)Y

ou’ll

bela

teba

ck.

PAU

L:

Whe

rear

eyo

uw

orki

ng?

MA

NU

S:

Bar

man

atth

eS

tonn

ontH

otel

.R

OSE

:H

e’s

go

ttw

ojo

bs.

MA

NU

S:I

used

todo

asi

xty-

hour

wee

kbu

tthe

ycu

t itr

ecen

tlyto

twen

ty-t

hree

.So

Iw

ork

ina

city

cent

repu

bin

the

afte

rnoo

n.PA

UL

:L

iste

n,M

anus

—w

atch

the

old

tem

per.

Hm

mn.

MA

NU

S:A

tem

per

isa

usef

ulth

ing.

I’m

away

on,M

a.Se

eyo

uat

the

hosp

ital

late

r.(H

ego

esin

toth

eho

use.

)R

OSE

:W

atch

yo

urs

elf.

HEL

EN: T

hank

sfo

rco

min

gto

see

how

we

wer

e.PA

UL

:H

owab

out a

drin

kla

ter.

(HE

LE

Nto

uche

shi

sha

nd.

They

goou

t to

the

gate

.She

says

som

ethi

ngqu

ietly

and

smile

s.H

ele

aves

.H

EL

EN

tuni

s.Th

eyar

eal

lwat

chin

ghe

rsile

ntly

.)H

EL

EN

:H

eha

sn

om

on

eyan

dhe

’snot

mar

ried

.I

just

wan

tyou

tok

no

w.

AO

IFE

:H

e’s

apo

licem

an.

RO

SE:

Just

aslo

ngas

you

know

his

firs

tlo

yalty

won

’tbe

toyo

u.H

EL

EN

:A

rey

ou

kidd

ing?

I’ve

just

met

am

anw

how

ould

die

defe

ndin

gm

e.A

OtE

E:

It’s

noth

ing

pers

onal

,H

elen

—it’

shi

sjo

b.GR

ETA:

Tha

t’s

nott

hew

ayto

love

.H

EL

EN

:D

on’t

any

ofyo

uco

me

prea

chin

gto

me

abou

t lov

e.R

OSE

:N

oon

ein

this

fam

ilyha

sev

ergo

neou

twith

apo

licem

anbe

fore

.H

EL

EN

:N

o,

we’

venev

erbee

nth

atre

spec

table

.(A

new

spap

eris

thro

wn

iwo

they

ard

from

agr

eatd

ista

nce.

)B

OY

’Svorc

E:

(Off

)T

elly

!(T

hene

wsp

aper

flies

allo

vert

heya

rd.)

RO

SE:

That

Ble

ther

skit

e!I

wis

hI

coul

dge

t my

hand

son

him

!H

ecy

cles

past

ever

yni

ghta

ndfir

esth

eTe

legr

aph

atth

eba

ckdo

or,

soit’

sbe

enal

love

rth

eya

rdw

hen

Ige

tit.

(HE

LE

Npi

cks

itup

.)A

OIF

E:

Wel

l.A

nyth

ing?

HE

LE

N:

(To

GR

ET

A)

You

’ve

bee

np

ush

edo

ffth

efr

ont

page

byth

eab

ort

ion

issu

e.R

OSE

:T

erri

ble

.

AO

TFE:

Isth

atan

oth

ergi

rlw

how

asra

ped

inth

eR

epu

bli

can

dw

ants

anab

ortio

nin

Eng

land

?R

OSE

:T

erri

ble

.A

OIF

E:I

thin

ksh

esh

ould

have

the

baby

.T

his

baby

mig

htbe

sig

nif

ican

t.I

thin

kif

all

the

bab

ies

born

of

rap

ew

ere

allo

wed

tobe

bo

rn—

the

wo

rld

wo

uld

besi

gnif

ican

tly

dif

fere

nt.

HE

LE

N:

Yes

,it

would

bew

orse

—m

ore

unw

ante

dan

dunlo

ved

child

ren.

AO

IFE

:N

o.

Ith

ink

itw

ould

besi

gnif

ican

t.H

owca

nyo

ute

llit

wou

ldbe

wor

se?

GR

ETA

:Y

ou’r

eco

mple

tely

craz

y,

doyo

ukn

owth

at?

HEL

EN:

Oh

my

God

!T

here

’sa

phot

o!(T

hey

allc

row

dro

und.

)A

OIF

E:

Any

nam

e?G

RE

TA

:W

hat

does

itsa

y?H

ELEN

:E

ngla

ndis

apr

ison

—I

feel

muc

hbe

tter

now

that

I’ve

com

ebac

kto

No

rth

ern

Irel

and.

Say

s:‘M

adw

om

anin

bus

queu

e.’

(Pau

se.)

Just

joki

ng.

Itsa

ys:

‘Wom

anpr

otes

tsat

Cat

holic

Chu

rch’

sre

fusa

lto

orda

inw

oman

prie

sts!

’(S

hesh

ows

them

the

pape

r.)A

OIF

E:

Ido

n’tb

elie

veit.

GR

ET

A:

Isth

atal

l?N

om

enti

on

ofin

tegra

ting

scho

ols?

HE

LE

N:

Noth

ing.

You

hav

em

ore

esca

pes

than

Houdin

i,si

ster

.(G

RETA

look

sstu

nned

.)G

RE

TA

:So

that

’sit

.If

aw

oman

can

bea

prie

st,G

odca

nbe

fem

ale.

HE

LE

N:

Wh

oca

res?

GRE

TA:

Ica

re.

Itm

eans

that

wom

enm

ight

belo

ved.

HE

LE

N:

Wel

l,it’

snot

goin

gto

hap

pen

quic

kly

.G

RE

TA

:(T

ohe

rsel

f)T

hen

itd

oes

n’t

mat

ter

wh

atI

say.

Itdoes

n’t

mat

ter.

Bec

ause

wha

teve

rId

o—

it’s

wha

tI

doth

atco

unts

.(T

hete

leph

one

rings

.)R

OSE

:G

etth

ephone,

Aoi

fe—

itm

ight

bea

cust

om

er.

Hel

enw

ill

put

peop

leof

fwith

that

Eng

lish

acce

nt.

GR

ET

A:

(To

hers

elf)

Bec

ause

wha

tId

oha

slo

tsof

mea

ning

s.H

EL

EN

:I

don’

thav

ean

Eng

lish

acce

nt—

Iha

vean

Am

eric

anac

cent

.R

OSE

:W

ell,

they

’ll

thin

kit

’sa

wro

ng

num

ber

and

rin

gof

f.

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GR

ET

A:

(To

hers

elf)

And

they

deci

dew

hati

tm

eans

.Bec

ause

they

don’

tlis

ten.

And

they

don’

tloo

k.H

EL

EN

:T

hey?

Who

are

you

talk

ing

abou

t?W

hoar

eth

ey?

GR

ET

A:

So

Imig

htas

wel

l sto

psp

eaki

ng.

Ish

all m

ake

nom

ov

ew

hat

ever

.H

ELEN

:(A

larm

edby

hero

bvio

usw

ithdr

awal

)D

on’t

besi

lly.

It’s

on

lya

blo

od

ynew

spap

er.

Ple

ase,

Gre

ta,

do

n’t

be

lik

eth

is.

(A0I

FEco

mes

toth

eho

use

door

.)W

e’ll

driv

eto

the

coas

tto

mor

row

and

look

atth

ese

als

A0I

FE

:M

yda

ddy

died

.(G

RE

TA

scre

ams:

mak

ing

the

soun

don

stag

eth

atsh

em

ade

offs

tage

inSc

ene

2an

dw

asor

igin

ally

diss

ocia

ted

from

.)R

OSE

:Y

ou

rd

add

y!

He

was

my

husb

and!

(GRE

TAsc

ream

sag

ain.

And

scre

ams:

abe

seec

hing

wai

l.)H

EL

EN

:(P

uttin

ghe

rhan

dsto

here

ars)

Stop

that

!

SCE

NE

6

The

dini

ngro

om:

MIC

HA

EL

FLY

NN

’Sbo

dyis

laid

outi

na

coffi

non

the

tabl

e.G

RE

TA

isw

akin

gth

ebo

dy.

GR

ET

A:

Funn

yh

ow

peo

ple

who

leav

eth

eir

ow

nco

untr

yst

op

livin

g,

inso

me

par

tof

them

selv

es,

inth

esa

me

yea

rin

whic

hth

eyle

ft.

Am

anca

me

tose

em

eth

eot

her

day.

He

left

May

oin

‘6,

this

man

—an

dhi

scl

ock

stop

ped.

Onl

yhe

didn

’tkn

owth

atit

had.

He’

dbe

enpr

omot

edon

the

railw

ays,

and

heha

dto

mak

ea

repo

rtat

the

end

ofev

ery

day.

Just

abr

ief

note

.A

sort

ofm

emo

ofth

enu

mbe

rsof

trai

nsan

dtim

esan

dif

anyt

hing

unus

ual

had

been

repo

rted

tohi

m.

But

heco

uldn

’tw

rite

—an

dhe

thou

ghti

f he

told

them

they

wou

ldsa

ckhi

m.

Sohe

copi

esth

ere

port

sof

allt

heot

her

mem

osfo

rpr

evio

usye

ars.

As

long

asno

thin

gun

usua

l occ

urs

heca

ngo

onco

pyin

g.B

uthe

’saf

raid

ofbe

ing

foun

dbu

t.A

ndhe

will

befo

und

out.

SoI’

mte

achi

nghi

mto

wri

te.

And

then

agai

n,a

Hin

duch

ildca

me

tom

e.H

eca

ine

toE

ngla

ndfr

omN

airo

biw

hen

hew

asni

ne.

He

was

sitti

ngin

the

clas

sroo

mon

his

firs

tda

yat

scho

olan

dhe

copi

edth

ena

me

ofth

epe

rson

sitti

ng

next

tohi

mbe

caus

ehe

hadn

’tle

arnt

tow

rite

.A

ndfo

ra

long

time

noon

eno

ticed

that

he’d

been

wri

ting

som

ebod

yel

se’s

nam

e,an

dit

was

n’tt

hena

me

hew

asca

lled

atho

me.

He

didn

’tkn

oww

hat

his

own

nam

elo

oked

like

wri

tten

dow

nei

ther

.So

mew

here

alon

gth

elin

eth

elin

kbe

twee

nso

unds

and

wor

dsha

dbe

enbr

oken

—lo

st.

And

byth

etim

ea

teac

her

inan

othe

rsc

hool

pick

edup

his

book

and

said

,‘B

utth

at’s

not

your

nam

e—

that

’sa

girl’

sna

me’

,th

ech

ildw

asso

conf

used

they

sent

him

tom

e..

.Fa

ther

,I

reco

gniz

eth

em,

the

man

from

May

oan

dth

eH

indu

child

,be

caus

eI

amth

esa

me.

Ito

oam

aco

pier

.I

doit

outo

ffea

r.It

was

then

Ire

aliz

edth

atw

ew

eren

’tth

eon

lyon

es:

the

man

from

May

o,th

eH

indu

child

and

me.

Ilis

ten

tope

ople

spea

king

and

Ihe

arth

atth

ere

are

noin

divi

dual

s,on

lysc

atte

red

phra

ses

and

com

petin

gid

eas

whi

chpe

ople

utte

rto

bew

ilder

ing

effe

ctal

lthe

time

(MIC

HA

EL

sits

upin

his

coffi

n,he

rubs

his

eyes

.)M

ICH

AE

L:

Rose

?

GR

ET

A:

No,

it’s

me.

MIC

HA

EL

:G

reta

.G

RE

TA

:Y

ou

hav

en’t

list

ened

toa

word

I’ve

bee

nsa

yin

g.

MIC

HA

EL: W

hat

abou

t?G

RE

TA

:M

yan

ger

.I

was

telli

ngyo

uth

atfo

ra

long

time

Iw

asaf

raid

,and

then

Itr

ied

not

tobe

,and

my

ange

rcam

eba

ckan

dI

leti

tin.

And

now

I’m

inev

enm

ore

trou

ble!

MIC

HA

EL

:T

roub

le?

You

rmam

my

said

you

goti

nto

som

etr

oubl

eat

scho

olto

day.

With

the

nun.

GR

ET

A:

She

calle

dyo

ua

Com

mun

ist.

Dad

dy,w

hat’

sa

Com

mun

ist?

MIC

HA

EL

:I’

mno

taC

omm

unis

t—Ij

ust

belie

veth

atth

eun

iver

seis

dem

ocra

tic,

that

’sal

l.G

RE

TA

:D

emoc

ratic

?M

ICH

AE

L:

Eve

ryth

ing

equa

lsev

eryt

hing

else

.Id

on’t

belie

vein

hier

arch

ies.

GR

ET

A:

Wha

t’s

hier

arch

ies?

MIC

HA

EL

:Y

ouse

e—

ther

ear

esa

lmon

inth

eri

vers

and

ther

ear

em

inno

ws.

And

we

say

the

salm

onis

king

but

som

etim

esit’

sbe

tter

tobe

am

inno

wth

ana

salm

on.

GR

ET

A:

Whe

n?

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MIC

HA

EL

:W

hen

you

don’

t wan

t to

getc

augh

t.If

ther

e’s

abi

gne

tac

ross

the

rive

r it’s

easi

erfo

r am

inno

wto

gett

hrou

gh.

GR

ET

A:

(To

hers

elf)

I can

’tbe

lieve

this

. Iha

veto

belie

veth

atso

me

thin

gsar

em

ore

impo

rtan

t tha

not

hers

. OrI

can’

tact

.M

ICH

AE

L:Ju

stsa

yto

the

nun,

my

dadd

y’sn

ota

Com

mun

ist h

e’s

ade

moc

rat.

GR

ET

A:

Ican

’t.

MIC

HA

EL

:W

hyno

t?G

RE

TA

:I’

vebe

enex

pelle

d.M

ICH

AE

L:

Goo

dfo

ryou

. Tha

t’s

the

spir

it.G

RE

TA

:Sh

esa

id,‘

You

’re

nott

heso

rtof

girl

we

wan

t in

this

scho

ol.’

SoIt

ried

topu

nof

f her

veil.

MIC

HA

EL

:T

hat’

sth

eD

omin

ican

sfo

ryou

. The

wor

stth

ings

cam

eou

t ofS

pain

—Fr

anco

, the

Inqu

isiti

on, p

acka

geto

urs!

GR

ET

A:

She

said

fhad

adev

ilin

me.

MIC

HA

EL

:T

hatw

asn’

t the

devi

l—th

atw

asyo

urte

mpe

r!G

RE

TA

:T

hat’

sju

stw

hatI

’ve

been

tryi

ngto

tell

you.

Som

etim

esw

hen

Ican

’tde

cide

wha

t to

do, J

geta

ngry

and

find

that

I’ve

alre

ady

acte

d—

my

ange

rmak

esth

ede

cisi

onfo

r me.

(Ham

mth

ngat

the

door

.R

OS

Es

poun

ding

the

door

with

herf

iszs

.)M

ICH

AE

L:

Isth

atw

oman

star

ting

up?

RO

SE

’SV

OIC

E:

(Off

)Ica

nhe

aryo

u.Ik

now

he’s

inth

ere.

GR

ET

A:

Wha

t did

you

doto

my

mot

her?

MIC

HA

EL

:W

hatd

idld

o?G

RE

TA

:Y

ou

liv

edw

ith

aw

om

an

yo

udi

dn’t

love

for f

orty

year

s!M

ICH

AE

L:

Som

etim

esco

mm

itmen

t ism

ore

vita

l tha

npa

ssio

n.G

RE

TA

:Sh

ekn

ewyo

udi

dn’t

love

her.

MIC

HA

EL

:L

ove.

Bla

ther.

Uni

vers

allo

ve

isth

eth

ing.

Lov

em

anki

nd.

Lov

ekn

owle

dge.

..(S

ighs

.)A

t any

rate

Ilov

edm

ych

ildre

n.G

RE

TA

:I

thin

kIl

oved

you

too

muc

h.M

ICH

AE

L:

Com

e‘e

rean

dte

llm

eth

is—

how

are

the

twin

s?Iw

ould

have

liked

toha

vese

enth

em. Y

ouco

uldn

’tbr

ing

them

over

?G

RE

TA

:C

athe

rine

wen

t to

Ber

linw

ithhe

rorc

hest

raan

dw

onfif

typo

unds

play

ing

poke

r on

the

trai

n.M

ICH

AE

L:

She’

sa

grea

t gir

l,th

at.

GR

ET

A:

Not

hing

grea

t abo

utit—

she’

son

lyel

even

.M

ICH

AE

L:

And

wha

t abo

utJo

e?

GR

ET

A:

Oh

Joe.

Joe’

sa

grea

tfi

sher

man

.H

em

ade

frie

nds

with

the

loca

lfa

rmer

who

let

him

fish

his

stre

tch

ofth

eri

ver

whe

nhe

won

’tle

tm

embe

rsof

the

angl

ing

club

fish

ther

e.H

e’s

ach

arm

er.

MIC

HA

EL

:W

hodo

eshe

look

like?

GR

ET

A:

He

look

slik

eyo

u.M

ICH

AE

L:

He

gets

the

fish

ing

from

me

asw

ell.

GR

ET

A:

Did

Ite

llyo

uho

whe

caug

hthi

sfi

rst

salm

on?

MIC

HA

EL

:I

love

that

stor

y.T

ell

me

agai

n.G

RE

TA

:I

coul

dn’t

belie

vem

yey

esw

hen

hepr

oduc

edit

from

the

fert

ilize

rba

ghi

dden

unde

rba

les

ofha

y.H

ean

dth

efa

rmer

deci

ded

itw

ould

bebe

tter

tohi

deit

soas

not

toca

use

jeal

ousy

with

the

loca

ls,

you

know

.A

ppar

ently

heha

dw

orke

dit

—th

ough

tit

was

asm

all

one

until

itju

mpe

dou

tof

the

wat

eran

dw

hen

itca

me

dow

nit

mad

esu

cha

spla

shhe

said

you

wou

ldha

veth

ough

ta

full

grow

nm

anha

dju

mpe

dou

tof

the

rive

rsi

dew

ays!

(Roa

rsw

ithla

ught

er.)

MIC

HA

EL

:Ju

stgo

esto

show

—th

ere’

sno

joy

inpr

ivile

ge.

GR

ET

A:

He

go

ta

blo

ody

salm

on.

MIC

HA

EL:

But

heco

uldn

’tte

llan

ybod

y.It

’sal

lin

the

telli

ng.

GR

ET

A:

Oh,

Ido

n’t

know

,it

tast

edpr

etty

good

tom

e.(R

OS

Eha

mm

erin

gat

the

door

.)R

OS

E’S

VO

ICE

:(O

ff)

You

love

her

more

than

yo

ulo

ve

me!

MIC

HA

EL

:Is

that

po

or

wo

man

start

ing

up

agai

n?

(Beg

ins

tolie

back

inhi

sco

ffin

.)G

RE

TA

:D

on

’tgo

yet

.D

addy

,I

mad

ea

terr

ible

mis

take

.M

ICH

AE

L:

It’s

yo

ur

man

—is

n’t

it?

GRET

A:I

don’

tkn

oww

hat

todo

.I

don’

tkn

oww

hat

todo

.M

ICH

AE

L:

Ine

ver

liked

him

.G

RE

TA

:T

hat’

so

nly

because

you

could

n’t

do

min

ate

him

.

MIC

HA

EL

:O

h,he

was

anar

roga

ntsh

ite.

Iw

ish

I’d

hit

him

whe

nI

had

the

chan

ce.

You

rm

amm

yst

oppe

dm

e.‘D

on’t

hit

hun,

Mic

key,

’sh

esa

id,

‘he’

llsu

eyo

u.’

Ikn

ewas

soon

asI

look

edat

him

.Pe

ter

Pan

—th

ebo

yw

hone

ver

grew

up,

just

grew

old

with

that

wel

l-pr

eser

ved

face

.N

ever

unde

rsto

odw

hyyo

uth

rew

your

self

away

onhi

m.

GR

ET

A:

Iw

asaf

raid

tobe

onm

yow

n...

Ine

ver

goto

bed

6o

Page 40: Anne - QUB

with

out d

oubl

ebo

lting

my

door

..

-I

don’

tlik

esl

eepi

ngin

the

dark

.(M

ICH

AE

Llie

sdow

nfi

nally

.)M

ICH

AE

L:

Iw

asha

ving

such

ast

rang

edr

eam

..

.it

was

rain

ing

your

mot

her

and

Ius

edto

fish

inth

era

in.

..

she

was

abe

tter

fish

erm

anth

anIw

as.

(Sud

denl

yth

edo

orbu

rsts

open

:R

OSE

ente

rsin

her n

ight

dres

sin

grea

t dis

tress

.)G

RE

TA

:W

hat i

sit,

Mot

her?

RO

SE:

Whe

reis

he?

Whe

rear

eyo

uhi

ding

him

?G

RE

TA

:H

ere.

He’

sju

sthe

re.

Com

ean

dlo

ok.

(MIC

HA

EL

isly

ing

inre

pose

inhi

sco

ffin.

RO

SEki

sses

her

husb

and’

s fac

e.)

RO

SE:

The

re.

Tha

t’s

the

last

kiss

he’ll

get.

My

husb

and.

Don

’ty

ou

gokis

sin

ghi

m.

GR

ET

A:

Iw

on’t

.R

OSE

:Pr

omis

e?I

mus

tbe

the

last

one

toki

sshi

m.

Don

’tch

ase

my

kiss

away

—w

illyo

u?G

RE

TA

:Iw

on’t

.(R

OSE

stro

kes

hisf

ace.

)R

OSE

:H

ew

ants

tobe

crem

ated

.G

RE

TA

:Y

es.

ROSE

:D

oyo

uth

ink

he’ll

feel

anyt

hing

?W

hen

the

flam

esre

ach

him

.G

RE

TA

:N

o.

RO

SE:

Just

asw

ell.

The

cem

eter

y’s

full.

The

assa

ssin

atio

nvi

ctim

sar

ebe

ing

buri

edon

the

edge

of

the

car

par

k.

Of c

ours

eyo

u’d

neve

rkn

ow—

exce

pt—

you

won

der

why

all

the

flow

ers

are

lyin

gon

the

grou

nd.

(A0I

EE

com

esin

toth

ero

omin

her n

ight

dres

s.)

AO

IFE

:A

reyo

ust

illup

, Mam

my?

Com

eba

ckto

bed.

RO

SE:

He

was

n’t

insi

de

ach

urc

hfo

ry

ears

.B

ut

you

know

hew

asa

far

bett

er

man

than

som

eof

them

that

run

toth

eal

tar

ona

Sund

aym

orni

ng.

GR

ET

A:

Ikn

owth

at.

A0I

FE

:(T

ouch

eshe

rfat

her’s

hand

s)Su

rehe

’sa

wee

hero

.R

OSE

:D

on’t

doth

at.

AO

IFE

:‘W

hat?

RO

SE:

You

mus

tn’t

beth

ela

st.

Im

ust

beth

ela

st.

GR

ET

A:

Go

bac

kto

bed

.B

oth

of

yo

u.

RO

SE:

No

I’m

stay

ing

her

eto

wat

chm

yki

ss,

that

no

bo

dy

tak

esit

.

(HEL

ENan

dM

AN

US

com

ein

toth

ero

om.)

HE

LE

N:

Wha

tis

it?

GR

ET

A:

Mam

my

wo

n’t

goto

bed

.-

RO

SE:

I’ll

goif

Aoif

eg

oes

.

MA

NU

S:Je

eze.

Cat

san

dd

og

s!

AO

IFE

:H

ew

asm

ydad

dy.

Ica

nto

uch

him

ifIl

ike.

(She

goes

over

toki

sshi

m.)

(RO

SEpu

shes

her a

way

.)R

OSE

:H

e’s

my

hu

sban

d.

Not

yours

!

AO

IFE

:I’

mh

isdau

ghte

r.Y

ou’r

eo

nly

his

wif

e.

RO

SE:

Only

his

wif

e!W

hat a

rey

ou

say

ing

?

A0L

FE:

We’

reh

isblo

od

love,

not

you!

HE

LE

N:

Ao

ife!

AO

LFE:

And

bloo

dlo

veis

stro

nger

.

RO

SE:

I’m

your

mo

ther

.

AO

IFE

:N

ot

mu

cho

fth

atei

ther

.

HE

LE

N:

Aoif

e,st

op

it.

AO

IEE

:H

ew

asbo

tha

moth

eran

da

fath

erto

me!

GR

ET

A:

Man

us

—g

eth

ero

ut

of

her

e.N

ow

!

MA

NU

S:N

o.

GR

ET

A:

Hel

en!

(HEL

ENgo

esto

A0I

FE

and

GR

ET

Age

tsho

ldof

herm

othe

r.)A

OIF

E:

You

nev

erlo

ved

yo

ur

chil

dre

n,

Mo

ther

.Y

ou

nev

erlo

ved

yo

ur

dau

gh

ters

.Y

ou

hat

edus

ever

yla

sto

ne.

Yo

uonly

care

d

for

your

son

.Y

ou

trie

dto

turn

our

fath

erag

ainst

us.

(RO

SEal

mos

tcol

laps

esun

der t

hest

rain

ofth

isha

rang

ue.S

hega

sps

and

clut

ches

herh

eart.

HE

LE

Ntri

esto

drag

AO

IFE

toth

edo

or.)

HE

LE

N:

Yo

u’r

ekil

ling

yo

ur

moth

er.

Will

you

stop

it.M

AN

US:

It’s

true.

Ever

yw

ord

Ao

ife

says

istr

ue.

(RO

SEtu

nis

tohi

m.)

RO

SE:

Oh

son,

son

.N

ot

you

asw

ell.

(He

hold

sup

his

hand

s,to

prev

enth

erfr

omem

brac

ing

him

.)M

AN

u5:

Do

n’t

—to

uch

me!

Wo

man

!

(RO

SEtu

rns

agai

n.)

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RO

SE

:G

reta

,you

tell

them

.Y

outo

okca

reof

me

whe

nI

was

sick

.Y

oute

llth

em.

MA

NU

S:

Aye

,Gre

ta,

you

tell

us.

How

you

real

lybe

lieve

that

she

wor

ried

him

into

anea

rly

grav

ew

ithhe

rgr

ubby

till a

ndhe

rm

oney

prob

lem

s.G

RE

TA

:M

anus

,you

are

vile

.M

AN

US:

Sure

lam

.B

utth

enI’

mth

em

oney

-len

der’

sso

n!R

OSE

:B

utI

kept

you.

Ied

ucat

edyo

u.W

eca

me

upfr

omth

eco

untr

yw

ithno

thin

gan

dyo

urfa

ther

coul

dn’t

getw

ork

and

Ist

arte

dkn

itti

ngan

dth

enI

did

dres

smak

ing

and!

mad

em

ym

oney

fairl

yan

dsq

uare

ly.

And

whe

nth

eyco

uldn

’tpa

yI

lent

them

the

mon

ey.

The

re’s

noth

ing

wro

ngw

ithth

at.

Ipa

idfo

ryo

urm

usic

less

ons.

Rem

embe

rth

at.

MA

NU

S:M

yfa

ther

thou

ght

ther

ew

asso

met

hing

wro

ngw

ithit

.RO

SE:

He

was

unre

alis

tic.

MA

NU

S:H

ew

asn’

tunr

ealis

tic;h

ew

asas

ham

ed!

Im

ean,

you

had

aca

ptiv

eco

mm

unity

here

, did

n’ty

ou.

No

com

mun

ion

dres

s,no

Fir

stC

omm

unio

n.It

was

eith

era

new

com

mun

ion

dres

sor

dam

natio

nan

dyo

urin

tere

stra

tes

stoo

dbe

twee

nth

eman

dth

eir

soul

s.RO

SE:

Idi

dit

fory

ou.

Idi

dit

for

allo

fyo

u.I

suff

ered

,don

’tth

ink

Idi

dn’t

suff

er.

You

tell

them

,Gre

ta.

How

lw

assi

ckfo

ra

kind

wor

d.G

RE

TA

:S

hedi

d.Sh

ere

ally

did.

She

lost

him

.Iw

asth

eon

ew

hoha

dto

pick

her

offt

heba

thro

omflo

orw

here

she

was

lyin

gdr

unk?

No

on

eb

ut

me

toho

ldup

her

head

.M

AN

US:

And

wh

atab

out

the

batte

ring

ssh

ega

vem

e?G

RE

TA

:Y

ou?

Wha

tare

you

talk

ing

abou

t?R

OSE

:I

didn

’tkn

oww

hat

Iwas

doin

g.I

didn

’tkn

oww

hat

Iwas

doin

g.G

RE

TA

:L

eave

her

alon

e!M

AN

US:

She

dro

ve

yo

uin

toth

egr

ound

and

you’r

est

and

ing

up

for

her.

RO

SE:

My

chil

dre

nh

ate

me.

My

chil

dre

nh

ate

me.

HEL

EN:

I’m

sick

ofth

is—

wh

atdi

dyo

uca

llit,

Aoi

fe?

—bl

ood

love

.A

OIF

E:

We

are

his

chil

dre

n,

she

ison

lyhi

sw

ife.

HE

LE

N:

Ther

e’s

her

bloo

din

us

too.

AO

IFE

:B

ut

ther

e’s

more

ofhi

s,an

dhe

was

abe

tter

pers

on.

HE

LE

N:

Ifhe

was

bette

r,it

was

beca

use

she

enab

led

him

tobe

.

A0W

E:

(To

HE

LE

N)

You

’re

wea

ring

his

swea

ter.

HE

LE

N:

Iw

ascold

.!p

ut

itover

my

nig

htd

ress

.

RoS

E:

Giv

em

eth

at,i

t’sm

ine.

HE

LE

N:

All

right.

Her

e.

(HE

LE

Nre

mov

esth

esw

eare

r.Sh

eha

sa

thin

silk

tuni

cun

dern

eath

.R

OSE

had

nor

inte

nded

toex

pose

herd

augh

ter’

sna

kedn

ess

and

turn

sin

conf

usio

n.)

GR

ET

A:

Giv

eH

elen

back

the

swea

ter;

she’

llge

tco

ld.

RO

SE

:W

here

did

you

gett

his,

huh?

!lo

cked

his

clot

hes

away

.A

0IF

E:

He

left

his

clot

hes

tom

e.T

hey’

refo

rD

amio

n.H

elen

can’

thav

eth

em.

GR

ET

A:

Not

even

anol

dsw

eate

r?Ju

stto

borr

ow?

RO

SE

:W

hata

reyo

uas

king

her

for?

I’m

the

wife

here

.N

obod

yge

tsan

ythi

ngw

ithou

tm

ysa

y-so

.G

RE

TA

:C

anH

elen

borr

owth

esw

eate

r?H

EL

EN

:Ido

n’tw

anti

t.(G

RE

TA

gent

lyta

kes

itfr

omhe

rnio

ther

.She

give

sit

back

toH

EL

EN

.)

GRE

TA:I

tm

akes

me

cold

tolo

okat

you.

(HE

LE

Nta

kes

the

swea

ter.)

HE

LE

N:

Her

e,A

oife

.Fo

ryo

u.So

you

can

fuck

your

husb

and

inyo

urfa

ther

’ssw

eate

r.(H

EL

EN

exits

.M

AN

US

pick

sup

his

viol

in.H

em

imes

play

ing

but

mak

esno

soun

d.)

GR

ET

A:

What

are

you

doin

g?

MA

NU

S:I’

mtr

yin

gve

ryhar

dto

com

pose

myse

lf.

(A0

IFE

puts

onhe

rfat

her’

sfis

hing

swea

ter.)

AO

IFE

:I’

mso

rry,

Mam

my.

RO

SE:

Peo

ple

do

n’t

mea

nw

hat

they

’re

sayi

nghal

fth

eti

me.

You

should

n’t

tak

ean

ynoti

ce.

MA

Nu5

:Her

elie

sa

man

who

lied

..

.Si

lent

fath

er,h

uh?

Sile

nt?

RO

SE:

I’m

soti

red.

I’m

soti

red

AO

IFE

:H

e’s

no

tgo

ne.

He’

sri

gh

ther

ew

ith

usm

hap

py.

I’m

real

lyhap

py.

RO

SE:

Would

any

on

elik

eso

me

tea

yem

ade

tea.

GR

ET

A:

Ho

wdi

dhe

lie?

MA

NU

S:G

od,G

reta

.Y

ouar

eso

naïv

e.

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GR

ET

A:

It’s

no

dis

gra

ce.

(The

yal

lexi

t,le

avin

gG

RE

TA

alon

e.Sh

ele

ans

over

the

coff

in.)

Are

yo

uli

ihea

ven

,F

ath

er?

Wh

at’s

itli

ke?

(MIC

HA

EL’S

hand

com

esup

outo

fthe

coffi

nan

dgr

abs

herb

yth

eth

roat

.She

stru

ggle

sto

free

hers

elf.

Shef

ight

sit

off

Gas

ping

,she

drop

sto

herk

nees

onth

e flo

or.

Acu

pis

rattl

ing

ina

sauc

er.

HE

LE

N,

who

hasp

uton

ha

clot

hes,

appr

oach

esca

nyin

gth

ecu

pof

tea.

)H

EL

EN

:(G

ently

)A

reyo

ual

lri

ght?

GR

ET

A:

Iw

asdre

amin

g.

..it

was

rain

ing.

HE

LE

N:

Itis

rain

ing.

Loo

k.(G

RETA

has

take

nth

ecu

pof

teaf

rom

her.

HE

LE

Ngo

esto

the

win

dow

.)W

hatd

oes

that

mea

n—

whe

nth

eou

tsid

ean

dth

ein

side

are

the

sam

e,I

won

der?

GR

ET

A:

The

yus

edto

gofi

shin

gin

the

rain

.M

yG

od!

(She

drop

sth

ecu

p.)

He

real

lylo

ved

her!

(She

addr

esse

shi

m.)

You

love

dhe

rm

ore

than

you

love

dm

e!I

took

all t

hose

batte

ring

sbe

caus

eI

thou

ghtth

at..

.yo

ulo

ved

her

even

thou

ghsh

ebe

atm

e..

.m

yG

od!

(HE

LE

Nco

mes

over

toho

ldhe

rsis

ter.)

Ith

ough

tI

dese

rved

them

!H

EL

EN

:(S

haki

nghe

rhea

d)It’

sov

er,

Gre

ta.

Forg

etit.

GR

ET

A:

Let

’sge

taw

ayfr

omhe

re.

Iwan

tto

goho

me.

(A0I

FEco

mes

in.)

AO

TFE:

Wh

enar

eyo

utw

ogo

ing?

HE

LE

N:

To

morr

ow

,af

ter

the

cere

mony.

AO

IEE

:W

hat

shal

lw

edo

wit

hth

eas

hes?

GR

ET

A:

Ch

uck

‘em

inth

eB

ann

.H

EL

EN

:F

eed

him

toth

eee

lsat

To

om

bri

dge.

A0I

FE

:A

ye,

rig

ht

enough.

He

was

afi

sher

man

;he

’dap

pre

ciat

eth

at.

(MA

NtI

Sre

turn

s.)

MA

NtI

S:ft

wasn

’th

er

fault

,y

ou

know

,m

ym

oth

er.

GR

ET

A:

How

did

helie

?M

AN

US

:H

ew

asaf

raid

tosp

eak

GR

ET

A:

Afr

aid?

Fath

er!

He

led

the

fish

erm

enin

toa

disp

ute

with

the

eel

fish

erie

sw

hic

hco

sth

imhi

sli

vel

ihood.

He

wro

teto

the

new

spap

ers

atta

ckin

gth

ech

urc

h,

sono

Cat

holi

cw

ou

ld

empl

oyhi

m!

He

was

the

brav

est,

mos

tout

spok

encr

itic

MA

NtI

S:H

ew

asaf

raid

tosp

eak

tom

ym

oth

er!

Sohe

talk

edto

us

inst

ead.

GRE

TA:

But

why

did

she

beat

usan

dno

tth

eot

hers

?H

EL

EN

:B

ecause

you

said

ever

ythi

nghe

felt.

AO

IFE

:It

was

n’t

that

.It

was

beca

use

you

two

look

edm

ore

like

my

dadd

y.Sh

eus

edto

call

him

Kat

e.T

hen

she’

dsa

y(P

oint

ing

toG

RET

A)

Dupli

Kat

ean

dT

rip

liK

ate

(Poi

ntin

gto

MA

NtI

S).

(The

yla

ugh.

The

door

open

s.)

Oh,

hiM

amm

y,st

illup

?(R

OS

Est

ands

look

ing

atth

em.)

RO

SE

:D

on’t

stay

inhere

too

late

.Y

ou

never

know

wh

oth

atli

ght

wil

lat

trac

t.M

AN

tIS:

Ah,

we’

llbe

all

right.

RO

SE

:T

here

was

aw

oman

furt

her

upth

ero

ad—

she

hear

da

nois

ean

dw

ent

toth

ew

indo

wan

dlo

oked

out—

she

was

GR

ET

A:

Don’t

say

it,

Moth

er.

It’l

lh

app

enif

you

say

it!R

OS

E:

No.

Iwas

only

goin

gto

tell

you

abou

t—H

EL

EN

:A

llri

ght.

RO

SE:

I’m

goin

gto

bed

.N

ight.

Nig

ht.

(The

door

clos

es.)

MA

NtI

S:(Q

uiet

ly)

Itw

asn’

th

erfa

ult

.

AO

IFE

:Sh

ene

ver

goto

ver

losi

ngth

ela

nd.

MA

NtI

S:A

nac

reo

fst

ony

gro

und.

AO

TFE:

All

the

sam

e.T

hey

wer

efo

rced

ou

t.

HE

LE

N:

Are

ther

ean

yC

atholi

csle

ftth

ere?

MA

NtI

S:T

hey

wer

eon

the

wro

ng

side

ofth

eri

ver

for

Cat

holi

cs.

AO

IFE

:P

eop

lew

arned

him

abou

tth

atho

use.

Itkep

tch

angi

nghan

ds

inth

etw

enti

esan

dth

irti

es.

But

m’d

addy

took

alo

an

and

bought

itw

hen

they

firs

tm

arri

ed.

MA

NtI

S:It

was

very

chea

p.T

hat

’sw

hat

Ihea

rd.

HE

LE

N:

How

com

eyo

uca

nliv

eth

ere?

AO

IFE

:D

ando

n’s

mot

her’

sbe

enth

ere

for

thre

ehundre

d

years

.

(MA

NtI

Ssn

igge

rs.)

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Ikn

ow.

She

look

sit.

Dad

dym

isse

dth

atri

verw

hen

they

mov

ed.

GR

ET

A:

Ikn

owhe

did.

Ikn

owhe

did.

AO

JFE:

Why

did

they

stay

toge

ther

?A

Cat

holic

and

aC

omm

unis

t.H

EL

EN

:U

s,m

aybe.

MA

NU

S:

Wha

tare

you

talk

ing

abou

t?So

unds

afa

irly

norm

alco

mbi

natio

nfo

rmos

tEur

opea

nco

untr

ies.

GR

ET

A:

Why

has

itne

ver

inhi

bite

dyo

u—

bein

ga

Cat

holic

,Aoi

fe?

AO

IFE

:In

hibi

ted

me?

Why

shou

ldit?

GR

ET

A:

You

have

affa

irs

and

you

still

goto

Mas

s.A

OT

FE:

Ido

n’th

ave

affa

irs—

Iha

veph

one

num

bers

.I

fail

toha

veaf

fair

s.M

ostly

.G

RETA

:But

you

have

nogu

ilt.

You

wou

ldif

you

coul

dge

taw

ayw

ithit?

AO

IEE

:Su

re.

GR

ET

A:

Wha

tdo

yo

ute

llth

epr

iest

inco

nfes

sion

?A

OIF

E:

Inth

een

dit

’sbe

twee

nm

ean

dG

od.

And

ifhe

does

n’t

min

dit’

sno

body

else

’sbu

sine

ss.

GR

ET

A:

How

doyo

ukn

owhe

does

n’tm

ind?

AO

IFE

:I

just

say,

‘Ikn

owI’

mm

arri

edto

you,

God

, but

wou

ldyo

um

md

ff1

had

aw

eefl

ing

with

Soan

dSo

?’(A

whi

stlin

gis

hear

dou

tsid

eth

ew

indo

w.h

isno

rtun

eful

.O

nly

HE

LE

Nan

dM

AN

US

will

hear

itfir

s:lim

e.)

GR

ET

A:

How

doyo

uknow

ifhe

says

yes?

AO

EFE:

Jfk

hap

pen

s,ft

was

yes.

Jfk

does

n’t,

itw

asno

.(A

whi

stle

agai

n.)

HE

LE

N:

Lis

ten.

MA

NU

S:Is

som

eone

out t

here

?H

ELEN

:G

etaw

ayfr

omth

atw

indo

w!

GRE

TA:G

etth

elig

ht!

(She

mea

nspu

t ito

ut.)

(MA

NtI

Sru

ms

ours

he11

ghz.

Dar

knes

s.Th

edo

orop

ens,

thro

win

glig

htfr

omth

eha

llac

ross

the

dark

floor

.R

OS

Een

ters

with

aca

ndle

.)R

OS

E:

Get

dow

n,ch

ildre

n,un

der

the

tabl

e.If

the

win

dow

sco

me

inyo

u’ll

becu

tto

piec

es.

(RO

SE

gets

unde

rthe

tabl

e.Th

eyal

lwat

chin

disb

elie

f)N

owis

n’t t

his

nice

. Who

’sgo

ing

tote

llus

ast

ory?

GR

ET

A:

Shou

ldn’

twe

—[g

oin

toth

eot

her

room

?1

HE

LE

N:

Thi

sis

ridi

culo

us.

The

re’s

now

ayI’

mge

tting

unde

rth

e

tabl

e.(A

foot

kick

sov

erso

me

bottl

es.)

MA

NU

S:T

her

eis

som

eone

out

ther

e.

(Sou

ndof

shot

sfiri

ngou

tsid

e.Th

eyal

ldiv

eun

der t

heta

ble

with

RO

SE

.)

HE

LE

N:

Do

you

thin

kw

esh

ou

ldkee

pa

buck

etof

wat

erha

ndy?

RO

SE

:W

hy?

HE

LE

N:

Inca

seof

fires

star

ting?

RO

SE

:Sa

ndw

ould

bebe

tter.

HE

LE

N:

We

don’

tha

vesa

nd.

GR

ET

A:

Ith

ink

we

shou

ldal

lsta

ydo

wns

tair

sto

nigh

t.

AO

IFE

:I

thin

kw

esh

ould

alls

leep

with

our

knic

kers

on.

MA

NtI

S:

Iwon

’tsl

eep.

I’ll

keep

wat

ch.

I’ll

slee

pto

mor

row

.

GR

ET

A:

Sudd

enly

—to

mor

row

seem

sve

ryim

port

antt

om

e.

MA

NtI

S:

I’m

sorr

y,M

othe

r.R

OS

E:

It’s

all

righ

t,so

n.M

AN

US

:Y

ou

know

I’m

neve

rgoi

ngto

getm

arri

ed.

RO

SE

:I

know

.(A

noth

ersh

otis

fired

outs

ide.

)It

’llb

em

orni

ngso

on.

Don

’tw

orry

.

AO

IFE

:Y

ouknow

,th

ista

ble

isn’

tas

solid

asit

look

s.T

here

’slig

ht

pass

ing

thro

ugh

ital

lth

edi

ne.

Onl

yw

eca

n’ts

eeit.

GRE

TA:W

hoto

ldyo

uth

at?

A0E

FE:

Imet

alo

vely

man

calle

dR

oger

Arm

stro

ngon

my

very

firs

tday

atun

iver

sity

.H

e’s

asc

ient

ista

ndhe

expla

ined

all

about

the

tab

le.

GR

ET

A:

Did

you

notl

ove

him

,Aoi

fe?

AO

IFE

:H

ew

asfr

om

the

Low

erB

airn

,ju

stnea

rw

here

we

grew

up

RO

SE:

Ther

ear

eno

Cat

holi

cson

that

par

to

fth

eri

ver.

AO

1FE:

Rog

er’s

asc

ien

tist

—he

does

n’t

care

about

reli

gion

.

RO

SE:

But

the

fam

ily—

GR

ET

A:

—fu

nny

how

you

nev

erget

away

fro

mit

.

RO

SE:

Mas

ons.

Th

eA

rmst

rongs.

Ora

ng

emen

.

HE

LE

N:

You

hav

eto

goaw

ayto

get

away

.

MA

NU

S:N

oyou

do

n’t

.Y

ouca

nst

ayan

dge

taw

ay.

GR

ET

A:

IfI

get

away

this

tim

e,I’

mnev

erco

min

gha

ck.

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RO

SE

:T

his

isni

ce,

isn’

tit

.W

e’re

all

toge

ther

agai

n.A

OIF

E:

Im

ean

itw

asn’

tre

ally

anyt

hing

todo

with

that

,bu

ton

ceI

read

him

apo

emI’

dw

ritte

n—

abou

ta

kiss

—it

was

call

ed

Cor

pusc

les

ofL

ove.

And

hela

ughe

d.R

oger

Arm

stro

ngla

ughe

dat

me.

HE

LE

N:

Cor

pusc

les

ofL

ove?

AO

IFE

:So

Ide

cide

d,ri

ght—

not

him

!D

amio

nne

ver

laug

hed.

GR

ET

A:

Did

here

adth

epo

emto

o?A

OIF

E:

Yes

.H

eth

ou

gh

tit

was

wonderf

ul.

He

kept

sayi

ngC

orpu

scle

sof

Lov

e,A

oife

?C

orpu

scle

s!A

ndth

enhe

kiss

edm

e.A

ndI

neve

rle

tbo

yski

ssm

ein

thos

eda

ysun

tilth

eth

ird

date

.A

ndD

amio

nki

ssed

me

onth

ese

cond

.G

RE

TA

:I

sudd

enly

feel

very

inse

cure

abou

tth

eta

ble.

HE

LE

N:

Ith

ink

we

shou

ldm

ove

from

here

whi

leit’

squ

iet.

We

shou

ldgo

into

the

othe

rro

om.

Just

inca

se.

GR

ET

A:

Ith

ink

soto

o.M

AN

TiS

:C

ome

on,

Mam

my.

RO

SE

:Y

oule

adth

ew

ay,

son.

(He

take

sR

OS

E’S

hand

and

lead

she

rth

roug

hth

eda

rkw

ithth

efli

cker

ing

cand

lein

toth

elit

door

way

.Th

eot

hers

follo

w.

AO

IFE

rem

ains

inth

elit

door

way

for

am

omen

tand

then

clos

esth

edo

or.)

SC

EN

E7

Wes

tmin

ster

Bri

dge.

Just

befo

re5a

.m.

One

wee

kaf

terM

icha

elFl

ynn’

sde

ath.

Ast

one

seat

inth

ew

all.

HE

LE

Nw

alks

tow

ards

the

ston

ese

al.

She

has

abr

own

pape

rbo

gw

ithtw

obo

ttles

.O

neof

oran

geju

ice

and

the

othe

r,te

quila

.G

RE

TA

wal

kson

.Sh

eha

sth

ere

mai

nder

ofhe

rfat

her’s

ashe

sin

asm

all

plas

ticba

g.H

EL

EN

:O

ver

here

!C

om

eo

n.

(HEL

ENpl

umps

dow

non

the

seat

.)G

RE

TA

:N

obod

ysl

eepi

ngon

it?H

EL

EN

:W

e’ve

had

anaw

ful

lot

todr

ink.

GR

ET

A:

Wha

ttim

eis

it?H

EL

EN

:Q

uart

er

befo

refi

ve.

GR

ET

A:

Tri

cera

tops

and

dipl

odoc

usdo

n’t g

eton

, did

you

know

that

?H

EL

EN

:N

o.(S

heta

kes

asw

igof

tequ

ila.)

Idi

dn’t

.Wha

t?

GR

ET

A:

Din

osau

rs.

My

daug

hter

told

me

that

,onc

e.Fu

ckin

gdi

nosa

urs!

(GR

ET

Age

tsup

onth

ese

atan

dup

onth

ew

all a

sH

EL

EN

rais

es

the

bottl

eof

oron

geju

ice

tohe

rlip

s.)

HE

LE

N:

(Sud

denl

yal

anne

d)W

hat

are

you

doin

g?G

RE

TA

:Sc

atte

ring

the

ashe

s.H

EL

EN

:Y

oudo

n’th

ave

todo

itfr

omhe

re—

Ith

ough

twe

coul

dgo

dow

nto

the

edg

ew

ithth

em.

GR

ET

A:

No,

it’s

bette

rfro

mhe

re,

the

win

dw

illca

rry

them

far.

HE

LE

N:

Wha

twin

d?(G

RE

TA

isno

wst

andi

ngon

the

top

ofth

ebr

idge

.)G

RE

TA

:E

arth

has

nota

nyth

ing

tosh

owm

ore

fair—

than

the

new

M16

build

ing

over

ther

e.(S

heto

sses

into

the

Tham

esso

me

ofhe

rfat

her’

sdu

st.)

Dul

lw

ould

hebe

ofso

ulw

hoco

uld

pass

bya

sigh

tso

touc

hing

—as

the

hom

eles

son

Wes

tmin

ster

Bri

dge.

(She

scat

ters

mor

eas

hes.

)H

EL

EN

:I

still

thin

kw

esh

ould

have

chuc

ked

them

alli

nth

e

Ban

n.H

ew

on’t

like

bein

gdi

vide

dup

.G

RE

TA

:T

heci

tyno

wdo

thlik

ea

garm

entw

ear—

(Sou

ndof

hors

eho

oves

onth

ero

adco

min

gto

war

dsth

em.)

The

polic

eca

rsin

Tra

falg

arSq

uare

,th

eso

ldie

rsin

the

hedg

erow

sby

the

Hou

seof

Com

mon

s.(S

ound

ofho

oves

gets

clos

er.)

HE

LE

N:

Gre

ta,h

urry

upan

dge

tdow

n.G

RE

TA

:Si

lent

bare

—sh

ips,

tow

ers,

dom

es,

thea

tres

and

tem

ples

lieop

enun

toth

eIr

ish.

(HE

LE

Nlo

oks

anxi

ousl

yat

the

appr

oach

ing

rider

s.)

HE

LE

N:

We

are

att

racti

ng

the

att

enti

on

of

the

mounte

dpoli

ce.

GRET

A:W

ords

wor

th,

your

coun

try

need

syo

u!H

EL

EN

:T

hey’

llth

ink

we’

reup

toso

met

hing

.

(HE

LE

Nw

aves

atth

epa

ssin

gho

oves

whi

char

eve

rylo

udas

they

are

now

dire

ctly

oppo

site

the

two

wom

en.E

ven

GR

ET

Atu

nis.

)

Hi.

Cel

ebra

ting.

PO

LIC

EM

AN

’SV

OIC

E:

(Off

)D

on’t

jum

p,w

illyo

u?

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HE

LE

N:

We’

rege

tting

mar

ried

tom

orro

w.

(She

lifts

the

bottl

eof

tequ

ila.)

Che

ers.

(The

hoov

espa

sson

.)G

RE

TA

:W

ords

!So

doI

cast

outa

llde

vils

!H

EL

EN

:G

reta

, ple

ase

getd

own

now

.(G

RE

TA

hesi

tate

sfor

am

omen

t.)G

RE

TA

:A

ye—

Ica

n’t.

HE

LE

N:

Tak

em

yha

nd.

Plea

seta

kem

yha

nd.

(She

clim

bson

toth

est

one

seat

.)G

RE

TA

:I

can’

t.H

EL

EN

:G

reta

, why

are

you

doin

gth

is—

Ith

ough

t you

wer

ebe

tter.

Gla

dto

bego

ing

hom

e.G

RE

TA

:Ic

an’t

live

with

out m

ych

ildre

n.A

ndI

can’

t liv

ew

ithG

eorg

e.A

ndI

can’

tliv

ehe

rean

ylo

nger

and

Ica

n’t—

Ica

n’t—

HE

LE

N:

Gre

ta,i

t’sno

tju

sthi

m.

It’s

me.

I’m

doin

gth

isto

you.

GR

ET

A:

No.

HE

LE

N:

Yes

.I’v

eal

way

sdo

neth

isto

you.

I’m

your

oppo

site

and

1w

on’t

let y

ouch

ange

into

wha

t iti

syo

uw

ant

tobe

com

e.Y

ouw

ant t

obe

anar

tista

ndI

won

’tle

tyou

beca

use

I’m

the

artis

tin

the

fam

ily.

You

wan

t to

bea

beau

tiful

wom

anan

dIw

on’t

lety

oube

caus

eI’

veal

way

sbe

enth

ebe

autif

ulw

oman

inth

efa

mily

.Y

ouw

ant

tobe

late

and

you

can’

t be

beca

use

I’ve

alw

ays

been

the

last

one

thro

ugh

the

door

.G

RE

TA

:N

o.H

EL

EN

:Y

es.G

etdo

wn

off t

hefl

icki

ngw

all!

(She

grab

she

rhan

dan

dho

lds

on.)

Or

take

me

with

you,

hone

y!W

hyar

eyo

udo

ing

this

tom

e?G

RE

TA

:I

can’

thel

p—H

EL

EN

:H

e’s

dead

.L

ethi

mgo

.Our

fath

eris

tryi

ngto

drag

you

into

that

rive

r aft

erhi

m—

leth

imgo

!D

on’t

rot

the

Jives

ofyo

urch

ildre

non

his

acco

unt!

You

rfam

ilylo

veyo

uan

dI

know

you

love

that

man

.D

on’t

brea

kup

your

little

fam

ilyou

t ofp

ride

.I’

msa

ying

this

for m

eto

o.Iw

ish

Iha

da

fam

ily.

Iw

ish

Iha

dch

ildre

n.Iw

ish

(GR

ET

Age

ISdo

wn

calm

lyan

dsit

sbe

side

her.)

HE

LE

N:

Ico

uld

hit

you.

GR

ET

A:

I’m

sony

.(S

heem

brac

eshe

r,bo

thof

them

stru

gglin

gw

ithte

ars.

)

HE

LE

N:

He

wou

ldn’

tle

tgo

ofm

eei

ther

.So

Iha

dm

yre

veng

eon

my

soci

alis

tfat

her.

Ibe

cam

ea

capi

talis

tin

the

mos

tin

timat

e

sens

e:I

only

com

eif

ther

e’s

mon

ey.

GR

ET

A:

God

,H

elen

!H

EL

EN

:T

hatw

asn’

tth

ew

orst

thin

gId

id.

I’m

notg

uilty

abou

t

the

mon

ey.

Ife

da

loto

fsta

rvin

gch

ildre

n.Im

ayev

enha

ve

educ

ated

afe

wnu

ns.

GR

ET

A:

The

orph

anag

e.Y

ouse

ntE

lish

mon

ey.

HE

LE

N:

Idi

d.N

o,th

ew

orst

thin

gI

did

was

tosq

uand

era

grea

t

gift

.I

took

my

gift

,whi

chw

asve

rypo

wer

ful a

ndI

used

that

pow

erto

sedu

cean

ddo

min

ate.

Whe

nI

shou

ldha

veus

ed

that

pow

erto

crea

tean

dfr

ee.

GR

ET

A:

Wha

twill

you

do?

HE

LE

N:

Star

tby

selli

ngm

ypl

ace.

GR

ET

A:

Do

you

have

tose

llit

?

HEL

EN:

Ido

n’tw

ant

toliv

elik

eth

isan

ym

ore.

Any

way

—yo

u

spoo

ked

me,

you

cow

.Y

ouan

dth

atbl

oody

bans

hee.

GR

ET

A:

But

you

don’

tbel

ieve

init.

HE

LE

N:

Abo

utth

ism

uch

ofm

edo

es.

(Thu

mb

and

fore

finge

r.)

The

rew

asso

met

hing

Idid

n’t

tell

you

—bu

ton

the

nigh

taft

er

we

gotb

ack

from

Irel

and

Ihad

togo

out,

ifyo

ure

mem

ber.

Atf

irst

Iw

asca

lm—

I’m

the

cold

one

inth

efa

mily

,I’m

not

supp

osed

toge

tups

et—

itw

ason

lyla

terw

hen

Idro

veho

me

Ish

utm

yth

umb

inth

eca

rdo

or.

Bec

ause

Iw

asso

num

b

with

grie

f Ico

uldn

’tfe

elth

eed

ges

ofm

yow

nbo

dy.

Wel

l,

that

brou

ght

me

back

tom

yse

lfI

can

tell

you.

(She

star

esat

herd

ark

thum

b.)

SoI

spen

tthe

nigh

twith

my

thum

bin

aba

g

ofic

e,an

dit

was

this

,Ith

ink—

the

fact

that

Ico

uldn

’tre

ally

slee

ppr

oper

lybe

caus

eth

eic

ew

ould

mel

tand

the

pain

wou

ld

com

esh

arpl

yba

ckan

dth

atw

ould

wak

enm

e,I’

dha

veto

go

offt

oth

efr

idge

for

mor

eic

e,so

lsl

ept

badl

y..

.So

mew

here

arou

nd5

a.m

.th

epa

inre

turn

edag

ain.

..

Iope

ned

my

eyes

andln

oti

cedit

...

GR

ET

A:

Wha

tdid

you

see?

HE

LE

N:.

..W

ings

and

eyes

oflig

htw

ere

falli

ngth

roug

hth

e

room

s.Sw

irlin

gan

dfa

lling

and

gath

erin

g,pa

ssin

gth

roug

h

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roof

and

wal

ls.

And

it’s

ther

eal

lth

etim

e.L

ike

Aoi

fesa

id.

Ibe

lieve

it’s

ther

eal

lthe

tilne

.G

RE

TA

:A

ndth

en?

HE

LE

N:

Ifel

lasl

eep.

1was

exha

uste

d.A

ndw

hen

1w

oke

upla

cer!

coul

dn’t

see

itan

ym

ore.

GR

ET

A:

Wel

lm

aybe

you

shou

ldn’

t sel

lit

—yo

urap

artm

ent —

you

know

.M

aybe

it’s

am

agic

alpl

ace.

HE

LE

N:

No,

the

plac

eis

insi

dem

e.Ic

arry

itw

here

ver!

go.A

ndso

doyo

u.G

RE

TA

:Y

es.

Ido

.H

EL

EN

:So

met

imes

whe

nI’

mou

tof m

yno

rmal

envi

ronm

ent o

rso

meo

neta

kes

me

bysu

rpri

se,

orIw

ake

upbe

fore

I’ve

fini

shed

drea

min

g,I

forg

etfo

ram

omen

t wha

titi

sI’

msu

ppos

edto

see

and

that

’sw

hen

Iach

ieve

it.T

hat’

sw

hen

Ico

me

clos

est,

whe

nIg

rasp

the

poss

ibili

ties

befo

reth

ew

alls

orth

ero

oms

I’m

supp

osed

tose

eas

sert

them

selv

es.

GR

ET

A:

Yes

.(S

udde

nly

reac

ting

toa

soun

d.)

HE

LE

N:

It’s

my

mem

ory

that

stop

sm

efr

omse

eing

.So

I’m

conc

entr

atin

gon

forg

ettin

g—

GR

ET

A:

Lis

ten,

can

you

hear

that

baby

?L

iste

n!W

here

coul

da

baby

beat

this

tim

eof

the

mor

ning

?A

ndso

near

?(B

igB

enst

rikes

fizw

.)H

EL

EN

:T

hat’

sno

t aba

by,

that

’sa

cloc

k.G

RE

TA

:N

o,I’

vego

taba

by’s

voic

ein

my

ear—

ohde

ar.

I’m

doin

git

agai

n,ar

en’t

I?H

EL

EN

:It’

sno

t say

ing

anyt

hing

relig

ious

, is

it?G

RE

TA

:O

hno

.It’

sju

sta

baby

—la

ughi

ng.

HE

LE

N:

Tim

eyo

uw

enth

ome.

GR

ET

A:

Yea

h.I

thin

kso

too.

HE

LE

N:

Iho

peyo

uha

vea

good

time,

Gre

ta.

You

need

it.

GR

ET

A:

Iho

peto

o.H

EL

EN

:A

ndI

hope

itla

sts.

GR

ET

A:

Not

hing

last

s.B

utI’

dlik

eit

tobe

good

for

awhi

le,

just

long

enou

ghfo

rm

eto

getm

yst

reng

thba

ck.

(HE

LE

Nis

sudd

enly

onth

ebr

ink

ofte

ars.

)H

EL

EN

:(R

ecov

erin

g)L

ook

how

far

the

sun

has

com

eup

sinc

ew

e’ve

been

here

.-

(Tb0

’bo

thsit

look

ing

atth

esu

nris

ing

inth

eea

st.)

GR

ET

A:

You

know

—I’

mve

ryhu

ngry

.H

EL

EN

:B

reak

fast

?G

RE

TA

:B

reak

fast

.(E

xit.

Aba

byis

laug

hing

.Ech

oes.

)

SC

EN

E8

GR

ET

Ais

atho

me,

rock

ing

aba

by,

telli

ngit

ast

oy.

The

trad

ition

alem

pty

chai

r isp

lace

dne

arth

est

o’te

ller.

GR

ET

A:

Aft

erE

aste

rw

eca

me

toth

epl

ace.

Itw

assn

owin

gin

the

fore

stan

dve

ryco

ldin

toth

efi

fth

mon

th.

My

mot

hera

ndI

wer

ehu

ntin

g.B

utbe

caus

eof

the

cold

we

coul

dn’t

feel

anyt

hing

orfin

dan

ythi

ngto

eat.

Sow

esa

tdow

nby

the

stre

am.

Ilo

oked

upan

dsa

wit

sudd

enly

,a

stag

,ant

lere

dan

dbl

ack,

prof

iled

agai

nst

the

sky.

Itst

ood

ona

ridg

e.T

his

slag

was

from

the

cold

nort

h.It

leap

toff

the

ridg

ean

ddo

wn

into

the

stre

am.

Itle

apt

thro

ugh

hund

reds

ofye

ars

tore

ach

us.

And

arri

ved

giga

ntic

inth

est

ream

.M

ym

othe

rw

asaf

raid

,bu

tIs

awth

atit

was

only

hung

ry.

Ito

okso

me

berr

ies

from

my

bag

and

fed

the

stag

from

the

palm

ofm

yha

nd.

The

stag

’sfa

cew

asfr

ozen

and

Iha

dto

beca

refu

lbe

caus

eit

wan

ted

toki

s;m

e,an

dif

Iha

dle

tit,

Iwou

ldha

vedi

edof

cold

.B

utgr

adua

llyas

itat

e,its

face

was

tran

sfor

med

and

it

•be

gan

tota

keon

hum

anfe

atur

es.A

ndth

enth

eth

awse

tin

•I

coul

dhe

arth

est

ream

runn

ing,

and

the

snow

bega

nto

mel

t.I

coul

dhe

aral

lth

ew

ater

sof

the

fore

stru

shin

gan

dit

fille

dm

yye

ars

with

atr

emen

dous

soun

d.(P

ause

.)So

Igo

ton

the

stag

’sba

ckan

dfle

ww

ithit

toth

eto

pof

the

wor

ld.

And

heto

okm

eto

the

plac

ew

here

the

rive

rsco

me

from

,w

here

you

com

efr

om.

..an

dhe

took

me

toth

epl

ace

whe

reth

eri

vers

com

efr

om,w

here

you

com

efr

om.

..an

dth

isis

my

own

stor

y.

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