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Mary has been sentenced to an insane asylum cell for the rest of her life. After she became pregnant by another man, her husband declared her legally insane and bribed the hospital to keep her in a lunatic cell to get rid of her. The Furies are taunting Mary and telling her she should have been more like Polly, Stephen Girard’s mistress. One of the furies pretends to be Polly to play out a scene in Mary’s imagination. Mary confronts Polly for seeing her husband, but Polly is unashamed and tells
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Start: Polly: They were talking about me, Mrs. Girard. Mary: Who are you? What are you doing here? I don’t know you!
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End: Mary: What intolerable wrong did I do him? Polly: Perhaps he does not know himself. The fact is, however, you were not sensible. You see, it is never sensible to expect a man to understand or to tolerate the dreams of his wife.
For full extended scene, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Lanie Robertson, The Insanity of Mary Girard, 1976, pp. 85-87.
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