No
no not at all
Why are you saying that
yes
yes that I’ve tricked you
FIRST WOMAN
Is that how you are
LONELY MAN
No of course not
quite short pause
why should I want to do that
why would I wish for it to be like that
why want it
to be like that
FIRST WOMAN
No I don’t know
I don’t know why people are like that
why you are like that
LONELY MAN
Of course not
FIRST WOMAN
And that you are like that
LONELY MAN
Yes
FIRST WOMAN
I don’t understand it
Quite short pause
Because I’ve always tried to do
what I should do
that’s what I’ve always done
quite short pause
I just want to be
yes with the others
LONELY MAN
I suppose that’s how we are
quite short pause
that’s how everyone is
Short pause. The Lonely Man turns away
FIRST WOMAN
And then you just turn away
Listen
I’m talking to you
I’m standing here talking to you
and you just turn away
you turn away from me
Short pause. The First Woman turns to The Second Man
Excuse me
But
The Second Man nods to her
yes
yes isn’t it awful how terrible
people can be
to each other
SECOND MAN
Yes it’s
breaks off
SECOND WOMAN
So someone has behaved badly
towards you
FIRST WOMAN
Yes
Short pause
SECOND WOMAN
But you don’t want to talk about it
SECOND MAN
No I don’t think I feel like
talking about it
maybe
Pause
FIRST WOMAN
No it’s nothing to talk about
SECOND MAN
No of course not
SECOND WOMAN
No it can’t be very nice to talk about it
Pause. The First Woman turns away. Pause
But that woman
SECOND MAN
Yes
SECOND WOMAN
Yes
yes why does she talk like that
quite short pause
what’s wrong with her
SECOND MAN
What’s wrong with her
SECOND WOMAN
Yes
quite short pause
yes why is she like that
SECOND MAN
I don’t know
SECOND WOMAN
Was she quite
right in the head
Pause
And you
quite short pause
why did you look at her
like that
SECOND MAN
Did I look at her
SECOND WOMAN
Yes
quite short pause
yes at her
the one standing there
over there
and you nodded to her
SECOND MAN
questioningly
I looked at her
I nodded to her
SECOND WOMAN
Yes
SECOND MAN
Did I
Short pause
SECOND WOMAN
Do you know each other
yes
from before
yes in some way
SECOND MAN
No
No I don’t know her
SECOND WOMAN
No
Short pause
SECOND MAN
No
no I don’t think so
SECOND WOMAN
But you nodded to her
SECOND MAN
No
No I didn’t
Pause
SECOND WOMAN
quite loudly
No I can’t take this
Quite short pause
I don’t want to be here any longer
I’m just here
quite short pause
I get scared
I am scared
short pause
and you
quite short pause
you don’t even want to
hold my hand
quite short pause
and why am I so scared
Short pause
Tell me
you tell me
tell me
tell me why I’m so scared
Short pause
why am I always
so scared
SECOND MAN
I don’t know why
you are scared
SECOND WOMAN
But I am scared
all of me
is scared
It’s as if
everything solid
is loose
inside me
I am scared
all of me
is scared
And I am loose
and I tremble
all of me trembles
quite short pause
and you
quite short pause
you were just there
suddenly you just came
were just there
quite short pause
suddenly you were there
were just there
and now you stand there
quite short pause
straight up and down
quite short pause
somehow you just stand there
straight up and down
and look and look
as if you don’t
see anything
and then you see a
breaks off, quite short pause
and then you nod to her
quite short pause
you just stand there like that
why do you stand there like that
why don’t you want to hold my hand
why are we standing here like this
why are we here
quite short pause
no we must
breaks off
no we can’t just be here
we must be somewhere else
I am so scared
SECOND MAN
You mustn’t be scared
SECOND WOMAN
But I am scared
SECOND MAN
It’s not dangerous
Nothing is dangerous
SECOND WOMAN
How can you know that
yes that it’s not dangerous
For I am scared
I am scared of something
SECOND MAN
Yes
SECOND WOMAN
I don’t want to be scared
Pause
But
quite short pause
yes
yes tell me something
quite short pause
say something to me
why don’t you
SECOND MAN
Once
quite short pause
there
breaks off
SECOND WOMAN
I want to hear
quite short pause
I want you to tell me
breaks off
SECOND MAN
continues
That nothing is dangerous
SECOND WOMAN
Nothing is dangerous
SECOND MAN
No
Pause
SECOND WOMAN
What are you thinking about
SECOND MAN
Nothing
SECOND WOMAN
Yes
SECOND MAN
I’m thinking about something
then
SECOND WOMAN
You’re thinking about that girl
SECOND MAN
Yes
SECOND WOMAN
The girl in a yellow raincoat
SECOND MAN
Yes I am