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Question 1

Olive
Ohh, Florence, Florence, Florence, Florence.

Answer 1

1. Florence
   I know, I know, I know, I know……What am I going to do, Olive?

Question 2

Olive
You’re going to wash down those pills with some hot coffee. I’ll make it.

Answer 2

2. Florence
   The terrible thing is, I still love him. It’s a lousy marriage, but I still love him. I didn’t want this divorce.

Question 3

Olive
You want a brownie? A chocolate brownie?
It’s about three weeks old but I could toast it.

Answer 3

3. Florence
   If Sidney and I break up, I’ll be the first one in my family to be divorced.

Question 4

Olive
You told me your mother and father divorced.

Answer 4

4. Florence
   I mean since them….My sister is still married…. Separated but married.

Question 5

Olive
How about some espresso?
With Stella D’Oro cookies?

Answer 5

5. Florence
   How dare he treat me like this? How dare he?
   (In anger, she bangs her fist down on the arm of the chair and suddenly grabs her neck in great pain)
   Oh! Oh, my neck! My neck!

Question 6

Olive
What did you do?

Answer 6

6. Florence
   (Holding her neck.)
   It’s a nerve spasm. I get it in the neck. Oh, God. Oh, God, it hurts.

Question 7

Olive
What can I do?

Answer 7

7. Florence
   A towel. Get me a hot towel. Very hot.

Question 8

Olive
Right. What about some aspirins?

Answer 8

8. Florence
   Aspirin is good…. And some brandy…I can’t move my neck.

Question 9

Olive
Hot towel, aspirin and brandy. Anything else?

Answer 9

9. Florence
   Ben-Gay. To rub in after.