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Alice Murphy, a successful literary editor, has been haunted by the
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ALICE: Anybody home?
DADDY MURPHY: Well, child. Just as promised. (He hugs her)
ALICE: We’re almost the same age now.
DADDY MURPHY: Oh, I’m staying a bit ahead of you. So happy to see you, darling, I didn’t know if I was worth a visit anymore.
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ALICE: He was adopted by a good family in California and raised with very much love. He’s educated, and successful, and he’s a fine young man.
DADDY MURPHY: That’s what I wished for him all along.
ALICE: Maybe your wishes made it so.
Citation: Steve Martin, Bright Star, Theatrical Rights Worldwide, 2016, pp. 98-101.
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