chaise-lounge.)
HEDY
(Listlessly)Life to me is nothing without Bill.
(She eats a grape. Enter BILL. His head is bleeding.)
HEDY (Continued)
What has happened to your head?BILL
(Slowly)Blurp . . .
HEDY
Oh my . . . oh my . . .
(She sings)WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR HEAD, BILL?
MAYBE A PIECE OF THREAD WILL SAVE YOU.
I WILL SEW YOU BACK TOGETHER,
ADD A LITTLE LEATHER . . .
(She stops singing; she strokes BILL’s head gently)
Bill, I wanted you back, but not this way! Not this way!
(BILL falls on the ground. HEDY helps him up. They stand. A waltz plays. The
veranda turns orange with the rising moon.) HEDY (Continued)
(Singing)I LOVE YOU NOW FOREVER.
LET ME ADD A LITTLE LEATHER.
(She breaks off; softly)
Eat a grape. Eat a grape.
(HEDY feeds BILL a grape. She pretends to slip. They kiss.)
BILL
Blurp . . . (Lights fade.)
THE END
