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WOMAN
Boy
WOMAN
Boy
ROBIN
Boy
ROBIN
Boy
ROBIN
Boy
ROBIN
I'm showing you our Boston rites
of hospitality. The Major
would
kill
me,
if
I turned you out
on such a night. I even have
ROBERT LOWELL
a downstairs bedroom for your brother.
I find a playroom comes in handy.
I want to go with Robin.
Oh, dear,
children keep getting me in trouble.
We have a law.
(A bell is heard off stage.)
Mother of God!
(The
WOMAN
ducks into her house. Her light goes out.)
Why did the lady slam her door?
The bell reminded her of something.
She has to catch up on her sleep.
Has the Major left his mansion?
Is he really sleeping here?
How can I tell you? Everyone
answers us in riddles.
She said,
the Major dwells here.
That's her city
way of being friendly, Brother.
Robin, the Major could afford
to buy the lady better clothes.
She was almost naked.
She
was dressed unwisely.