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Harriet has come to see her sister’s doctor, Harry Hyman. She is deeply worried about her sister, Sylvia, who has suffered sudden paralysis in her lower body. Harriet trusts Harry and is pleased that he is caring for Sylvia. She has heard of him before as he had a flirtation with her cousin many years previously. Harriet confides in Harry about the problems in her sister’s marriage, although she never condemns her brother-in-law, Phillip. She pities him as she knows that, despite his problems,
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START: HARRIET: My poor sister. And they have everything! But how can it be in the mind if she’s so paralysed?
HYMAN: Her numbness is random, it doesn’t follow the nerve paths; only part of the thighs are affected, part of the calves, it makes no physiological sense. I have a few things I’d like to ask you, all right?
HARRIET: You know, I’m glad it’s you taking care of her, my husband says the same thing.
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END: HYMAN: What.
HARRIET: You watch him sometimes when they’ve got people over and she’s talking--he’ll sit quietly in the corner, and the expression on that man’s face when he’s watching her--it could almost break your heart.
HYMAN: Why?
HARRIET: He adores her!
For full extended scene, please refer to the script edition cited here: Arthur Miller, Broken Glass, Methuen Drama, 1995, pp. 24-28.
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