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Pauline Waters is the proud matriarch of her family. A widow, she has raised daughter Rebecca, who is preparing for her marriage to the capable Dr. Thomas Grey, and son Jack. It is suggested that Jack was fathered by another man, possibly the Governor. Pauline’s best friend, Hester, has arrived with news that Jack has been arrested on charges of assaulting a white woman and that a mob is after him.
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HESTER: Pauline, it’s Jack. Your son Jack has been ’rested . . . ’rested and put in jail.
PAULINE: ’Rested?
REBECCA: Good Lord.
DR. GREY: What for?
HESTER: They say he done brushed against a white woman on the street. They had er argument and she hollowed out he’s attacking her. A crew of white men come up and started beating on him and the policeman, when he was
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