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START: I was so stupid, I’m still ashamed of it...I mentioned it to my father--who loved Phillip--and he took him aside and tried to suggest a doctor. I should never have mentioned it, it was a terrible mistake.
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END: But I can’t help it, I still pity him; because I know how it tortures him, it’s like a snake eating into his heart...I mean it’s not as though he doesn’t like me, he does, I know it. ---Or do you think so?
For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Arthur Miller, Broken Glass, Methuen Drama, 1995, p.54
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