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The bus, which has been stranded in a blizzard for several hours, is about to leave. Bo Decker and his best friend Virgil Blessing are traveling to Montana--and Bo has Cherie, a nightclub singer he is determined to marry, in tow. While Cherie was initially resistant to Bo, and even claimed he was kidnapping her, Bo’s change in manners has led to her change of heart and a renewed optimism about the future. But now Virgil has a change in plans of his own. There are brief interjected lines from
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BO: Cherry?
CHERIE: (A little expectantly.) Yah?
BO: I been talkin’ with my buddy, and he thinks I’m virgin enough fer the two of us.
[... … …]
End:
BO: (Managing a quick embrace.) So long, old boy! So long!
VIRGIL: ‘Bye, Bo! G’bye! (Now, to stave off any tears, Bo grabs Cherie’s hand.)
BO: C’mon, Cherry. Let’s make it fast.
For full extended scene, please refer to the script edition cited here: William Inge, Bus Stop. Dramatist Play Service, 1984. pp. 63-65.
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