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Titus: Somewhat, it certainly doesn’t look like an institution.
Not at all.
Lily: that would have been disastrous.
Your hard.
Lily: someone has to be practical.
No-your calloused- you’ve married too many foreigners
Titus: there’s little to tell, she planned on using it to give away the entire savage estate.
The newspapers called it her happiness fund
Titus: we’ll there was an Italian farmer who wanted a box of soil from Italy.
Just dirt!
Titus: and there’s a flower peddler who asked for a tombstone for his horse.
He got it
Lilly: we stopped her just as she was on the verge of setting up this fund legally.
With a board of directors
Titus: but she wasn’t she was always quite even timid. Then suddenly this amazing change.
Grief did it
But why turn to acting? Life has enough drama in it.
God knows
Lily: her entire conduct was a travesty of dignity and self respect.
And sound business.
Lily: and we know she’ll be comfortable in such a charming place
(Nervous laugh) I would mind staying here myself
Lily: please don’t go doctor
Please, doctor
Titus: we’d prefer you stayed. I think the shorter we make this, the better for all concerned
She’s vindictive
Titus: she’s determined to take the wrong attitude.
It’s futile
Lily: deception is so unlike you.
I’m not angry- I’m just hurt
Mrs. savage: everything in my name
(Sits quickly) we’re ruined
Mrs. savage: I mean buried as in funeral
In the ground?
Titus: nonsense- whatever mother might do-she woudnt descend to biting
It was a wasp
Titus: there is no need to raise your voice
Does it hurt?
Lily: the estate is ours. It’s belonged to the savage family for generations
Eight generations
It’s a vicarious form of murdering someone. It’s just the most vicious sort of voodoo magic known to science
We’re losing ground
Mrs. savage you’ve got me in such a state, I can’t think. I haven’t a brain in my head anyhow. You’ve said so time and again
Not me
Mrs savage: where is everyone?
Are you ill
Mrs savage: pound pound pound
I’ll tell the chauffeur we’re ready