Act 1 22-32 Flashcards
(10 cards)
Olive
How does your neck feel?
Florence
Better
Olive
Good.
Florence
But it never lasts long.
Olive
Maybe this time.
Florence
No. It just came back. (She rubs her neck again)
Olive
(Shakes head in despair.) Drink your brandy.
Florence
I don’t think I can. It doesn’t go down.
Olive
I’ll get you a plunger….Come on, drink the brandy. You’ll feel better.
Florence
Thank God the kids are away at summer camp. They’ll be spared this until September.
Olive
Please drink your brandy.
Florence
I don’t want to get divorced, Olive. I don’t want to suddenly change my whole life. Talk to me. Tell me what to do.
Olive
Alright, alright. First of all, you’re going to calm down and relax. Then you and I are going to figure out a whole new life for you.
Florence
Without Sidney? What kind of a life is there without Sidney?
Olive
I don’t live with Sidney and I’m very happy. You can do it, Florence, believe me.
Florence
Olive, you’ve been through it yourself. What did you do? How did you get through it?
Olive
(She drinks some brandy) I drank for four days and five nights. I couldn’t work. I ate a quart of HaagenDazs jamocha almond fudge every night. I gained fourteen pounds, seven on each hip. I looked like I was carrying my laundry in my pockets….But I got through it.
Florence
And what about Sidney? He’s human too. How’s he going to get through this?
Olive
He’s a man. Men have freedom. He can meet women anywhere. We have to donate a kidney and hope the man is grateful and single.
Florence
You think Sidney is thinking of other women? At a time like this?
Olive
I guarantee you by tomorrow night he’ll be at a singles bar sitting on a stool on top of two telephone books.
Florence
You think so? (She’s been playing with her ear. She suddenly starts to make strange noises as she tries to unplug her ear).
Olive
What’s the matter now?
