START: CLAIRE: Those gloves! Those eter...

The Maids

Solange Claire

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START: CLAIRE: Those gloves! Those eternal gloves! I’ve told you time and again to leave them in the kitchen! You probably hope to seduce the milkman with them. No, no, don’t lie; that won’t get you anywhere! Hang them over the sink. When will you understand that this room is not to be sullied.
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END: CLAIRE: Let’s hurry! Madame’ll be back! (She starts to unfasten her dress) Help me. It’s over already. And you didn’t get to the end.
SOLANGE: (
helping her. In a sad tone of voice
) The same thing happens every time. And it's all your fault, you’re never ready. I can’t finish you off.

Jean Genet. The Maids and Deathwatch: Two Plays by Jean Genet. Grove Press: 1962. p.36-46

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