to your husband
FIRST WOMAN
Yes
yes you did
now I know
now I understand
Now I know
SECOND WOMAN
No
FIRST WOMAN
Because earlier
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didn’t you touch him
didn’t you stand there holding him
holding him tight
holding him
for a long time
didn’t you talk to him
didn’t you whisper something
to him
didn’t you ask him to leave
SECOND WOMAN
No not like that
FIRST WOMAN
Yes
yes I know it
yes now I understand it
SECOND WOMAN
No it’s not like that
pause
and now at least
he is
gone
FIRST WOMAN
He just left
SECOND WOMAN
And they left
FIRST WOMAN
continues
following her
SECOND WOMAN
They followed her
that’s how it is
Pause
And now we should
quite short pause
yes we can’t just
stay here
FIRST WOMAN
No
SECOND WOMAN
We should
breaks off. Pause
LONELY MAN
by himself
A girl in a yellow raincoat
Pause. The First Woman walks over to The Lonely Man and stands next to him
FIRST WOMAN
questioningly
Did she look a little worn out
that girl
LONELY MAN
Yes
yes she looked a little worn out
FIRST WOMAN
And she just stood there
LONELY MAN
Yes
Pause. The Second Woman goes and stands next to The Lonely Man, but on the other side. The Lonely Man turns to The Second Woman
SECOND WOMAN
Did her hair hang straight down
LONELY MAN
Yes
yes it hung straight down
SECOND WOMAN
Were there people around her
LONELY MAN
Yes there were many people there
SECOND WOMAN
Was she pale
LONELY MAN
A little pale
and her eyes were a little scared
The Lonely Man begins to leave. Pause
SECOND WOMAN
Do you know that girl
quite short pause
the one in the yellow raincoat
FIRST WOMAN
No
no I don’t think so
SECOND WOMAN
Me neither
FIRST WOMAN
But perhaps it was you
SECOND WOMAN
Or you
FIRST WOMAN
Perhaps it is me
Pause. The Lonely Man exits
SECOND WOMAN
Am I a girl
in a yellow raincoat
FIRST WOMAN
Am I a girl
in a yellow raincoat
who stands next to
a man
with grey work gloves
SECOND WOMAN
And there are many people around me
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and now darkness is falling
it’s soon evening
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and it’s a bit cold
and it’s raining
and I’m a bit cold
and I’m wearing a yellow raincoat
and I’m scared
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a bit scared
a bit grown-up
quite short pause
and this
it’s just something I’m thinking
this
it’s just something I’m imagining
for this
breaks off
FIRST WOMAN
And it mustn’t become dark
not now
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because I mustn’t just stand there
in a yellow raincoat
quite short pause
and it mustn’t
become cold
Pause
And it’s soon evening
It’s raining
But he should come back soon
quite short pause
yes of course
of course he will
and the girl who stood there
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a little scared
a little grown-up
and brave
and saw herself
as someone else
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and as someone who is different
to the others
SECOND WOMAN
And then
breaks off
And he
breaks off
and the girl
breaks off
And then
quite short pause
yes and then
breaks off
and this
it’s
breaks off
and the girl
the one who was here
she too just left
She turns and sees The First Woman starting to leave
and she was here
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and then she just left
just disappeared
quite short pause
just left
vanished
quite short pause
and now
quite short pause
I’m alone
And it’s dark
And I am a girl
in a yellow raincoat
I’m alone
Short pause
And now
now
quite short pause
no
no
quite short pause
but I’m sure it’s right
I’m sure that’s how it
should be
I just came here
I’m just here
Quite short pause
And I am
still
somewhere else
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and that’s the way it is
quite short pause
everything’s the way it is
short pause
and cannot be changed
and that’s the way it is
night
day
light
dark
Quite short pause
And it has to be the way it is
Quite short pause
And it has neither colour nor smell
And it’s soon evening
It’s raining
And it’s nothing
Long pause. The First Woman exits
But it
breaks off
And then in
breaks off
And where it goes
breaks off
but then
yes
quite short pause
yes
yes and then
quite short pause
and then I suppose it was
yes
quite short pause
yes I suppose there’s
no one else here
or
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is there someone here
quite short pause
are there many here
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perhaps there are
many here
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and then something quite different
quite short pause
or
quite short pause
just something different
Quite short pause