Lana Monologue
CHARLES
I suppose you’re right, however, I need time to adjust. I’ve been too preoccupied with my own despair not to notice the harm I’ve caused you with my callous words. I won’t make the same mistakes as I did with Edward. Lana, can you absolve an old fool like me?
LANA
Can you, likewise, forgive me?
CHARLES
Yes! Now that it’s settled, we can plan our escape from Townsville, but before this can occur, I have to speak with Deborah…
LANA
To tell her you no longer want to be her husband. She’ll…
CHARLES
…kick up a fuss by preventing the dissolution of my marriage to her.
LANA
Precisely!
CHARLES
That’s a possibility we must risk, but I know my wife…
LANA
And what have you discovered?
CHARLES
That she is vindictive…such spitefulness …show more content…
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CHARLES
So you see, I have to leave. Lana is my future and you regrettably were the past. There’s nothing more than can be said. I hope you understand. I hope in time you can forgive me.
DEBORAH
Forgive? How wonderful of you to tell me
CHARLES
There’s no need for sarcasm, Deborah. I have a fair idea as to what you think of me. I guess in hindsight your mother was right. I am a scoundrel.
DEBORAH
No, you’re more than that. A far better term describes you a son of a bitch. How can you leave particularly when our son is awaiting deployment in Vietnam? Have you told him? Does he know that he’ll have a half-brother or half-sister?
CHARLES
Previously, I was the one to question one’s sanity; however, I believe you need help, Deborah.
DEBORAH
My mind is focused. It has never been more lucid than now. Therefore, I suggest you check yourself in to the lunatic asylum.
CHARLES
Why can’t you accept that he is dead? Goddamn it, Edward is dead!
DEBORAH
Edward tell your father…tell him you’re not…I can’t say the word. All I know is that I’ve seen and heard him. Logically, he is alive because the dead are silent and invisible.
CHARLES
He isn’t
I suppose you’re right, however, I need time to adjust. I’ve been too preoccupied with my own despair not to notice the harm I’ve caused you with my callous words. I won’t make the same mistakes as I did with Edward. Lana, can you absolve an old fool like me?
LANA
Can you, likewise, forgive me?
CHARLES
Yes! Now that it’s settled, we can plan our escape from Townsville, but before this can occur, I have to speak with Deborah…
LANA
To tell her you no longer want to be her husband. She’ll…
CHARLES
…kick up a fuss by preventing the dissolution of my marriage to her.
LANA
Precisely!
CHARLES
That’s a possibility we must risk, but I know my wife…
LANA
And what have you discovered?
CHARLES
That she is vindictive…such spitefulness …show more content…
***
CHARLES
So you see, I have to leave. Lana is my future and you regrettably were the past. There’s nothing more than can be said. I hope you understand. I hope in time you can forgive me.
DEBORAH
Forgive? How wonderful of you to tell me
CHARLES
There’s no need for sarcasm, Deborah. I have a fair idea as to what you think of me. I guess in hindsight your mother was right. I am a scoundrel.
DEBORAH
No, you’re more than that. A far better term describes you a son of a bitch. How can you leave particularly when our son is awaiting deployment in Vietnam? Have you told him? Does he know that he’ll have a half-brother or half-sister?
CHARLES
Previously, I was the one to question one’s sanity; however, I believe you need help, Deborah.
DEBORAH
My mind is focused. It has never been more lucid than now. Therefore, I suggest you check yourself in to the lunatic asylum.
CHARLES
Why can’t you accept that he is dead? Goddamn it, Edward is dead!
DEBORAH
Edward tell your father…tell him you’re not…I can’t say the word. All I know is that I’ve seen and heard him. Logically, he is alive because the dead are silent and invisible.
CHARLES
He isn’t