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Thérèse has just arrived in Paris from the country with her husband,
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START: CAMILLE/MADAME: Thérèse?
Music plays under the following lines, interspersed with moments of silence.
They watch her as she walks around the space.
MADAME: The day is overcast, Thérèse, that’s why it looks so dull. All it needs is a good sweep. We’ll have it comfortable in no time!
She goes upstairs, sees, sits down. Silence.
[... …]
END: CAMILLE: And on the walk home, I stop and look at the bears in their pit in the Jardin – you should see how they lumber about, Thérèse, such great heavy movements –
MADAME: We mustn’t leave our bright coloured stock lying around – we must pack it away in the boxes and cupboards – in the corners, Thérèse. Four tables should be enough, I think…
Emile Zola, Nona Shepphard, Thérèse Raquin, Oberon Books, Electronic Edition, p.49-52
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