ACT 2
Paul enters a building , of course, his family is there,before he gets into his room, he takes out a necklace, and his wife’s picture is in it
Phonograph: I find a pheasant to be quite pleasant
Betty: I find a pheasant to be quite pleasant,
Phonograph: how do you find the wine?
Betty: I find the wine extraodinarily
Phonograph: I prefer to dine at home alone
Betty: Paul
Paul: when I didn’t see you on the dock, I thought
Betty: I didn’t know you were coming today
Paul: didn’t you get my letters
Betty: oh, Paul, I started to read them , I did, but after a few, I just couldn’t bear to hear about all that about fighting and killing and
Paul: I wrote you almost every day
Betty: I know,and I kept them, look. See?oh Paul,even the thought of you all in that danger, it was just too much,I knew if I got them , you were still alive .that’s all I cared about,that you were still alive ,. Safe, that’s all that was important to me, can you forgive me ?
Paul: yeah, sure
Betty: I wrote to you, you got those right?
Paul: got a few.
Betty: I’ve told you I wasn’t a big writer
Phonograph: I quite agree that distinction is dubius,don’t you?
Betty: it’s a course I’m taking.self-improvement,his name’s Armistead, he makes tons of money, the whole country’s making money,hand over fist.you’ve been away,out of touch you don’t know,but you will.i went to see Mr sweeney to make sure he held your job,like he promised,he said you could start the day you got back rarely cared,just make sure you wear your uniform, he said,who can resist a war hero? Of course I negotiated a raise
Paul: Betty, I don’t want to go back to selling chocolate
Betty: you’ve got something better
Paul: no,I don’t, but you know,in the war, I have time to think about what’s important,about what I want on our life for me ,for us,I wrote you all these in the letters
Betty: are we back to those old letters again? You want me to read the letters
Paul: no, it’s just you’d understand what I’m feeling what I want
Betty: sweetie, tell me what you want
Paul: I thought sometime
Betty: time’s money , I want things Paulie, my whole life I’ve been without