Leticia: Alejo, how are you?...

The Conduct of Life

Orlando Leticia Alejo

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Leticia: Alejo, how are you? (Alejo kisses Leticia’s hand.)

Orlando: Alejo is staying for dinner.

Leticia: Would you like some coffee?

Alejo: Yes, thank you.

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Leticia: Nonsense.

Alejo: It’s not nonsense. How can you say it’s nonsense? --How can one live in a world that festers the way ours does and take any pleasure in life?

Maria Irene Fornes, The Conduct of Life, in Maria Irene Fornes Plays, PAJ Publications, 1992, pp. 74-76.

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