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Godfrey Crump has left his home in a rage. His deceased wife’s sister came home drunk and behaving lewdly around the daughters whose virtue he cherishes more than anything, and he is done worrying about the influence Aunt Lily will have on Ernestine and Ermina. His family was preparing to meet the man he knows has all the answers to life’s questions and problems, the incredible Father Divine, and Lily corrupted what was to be a happy occasion with her drinking and sensuality. He sleeps on a
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Start: Gerte: Is this the Bronx? Godfrey: This may well be the Bronx. Gerte: (German expletive) The gentleman said “lady if you reach the Bronx you know you’ve gone too far.”
End: Godfrey: Well, it looks like we were looking for the same place after all.
For full scene, please refer to the script edition cited here: Nottage, Lynn, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Dramatists Play Service, 1998, pp. 33-35.
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