MAN’S MOTHER enters.)
THE MAN’S MOTHER
(In her native language)Was that your mother?
YOUNG WOMAN
(In the other’s language)Yes.
THE MAN’S MOTHER
(In her native language)Do you think I should speak to her?
YOUNG WOMAN
(In the other’s language)Not yet, thank you.
(The YOUNG WOMAN and the MAN sit stock still. Pause.)
THE MAN’S MOTHER
(In her native language)I will check on the dinner.
YOUNG WOMAN
(In the other’s language)I will help momentarily.
(THE MAN’S MOTHER leaves.)
YOUNG WOMAN (Continued)
(In her own language)She sounded strange.
MAN
Your mother?(The YOUNG WOMAN nods.)
MAN (Continued)
Did you tell her?YOUNG WOMAN
She knows.MAN
Is she joyful?YOUNG WOMAN
(Shakes head, looks down)Surely, she planned it. But now she is lukewarm. As though regretting.
MAN
She has been away from here too long.END OF PART III.
