Free A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur by Tennessee Williams

pull ourselves together and go on. Go on, we must just go on, that’s all that life seems to offer and—demand . [
She turns her attention to the phone
.] Hello, operator, can you get me information, please? —Hello? Information? Can you get me the number of the little station at the end of the Delmar car-line where you catch the, the—open streetcar that goes out to Creve Coeur Lake?— Thank you.
    MISS GLUCK [
speaking English with difficulty and a heavy German accent
]: Please don’t leave me alone. I can’t go up!
    DOROTHEA [
her attention still occupied with the phone
]: Creve Coeur car-line station? Look. On the platform in a few minutes will be a plumpish little woman with a big artificialflower over one ear and a stoutish man with her, probably with a cigar. I have to get an important message to them. Tell them that Dotty called and has decided to go to Creve Coeur with them after all so will they please wait. You’ll have to shout to the woman because she’s
—deaf  . . .
    [
For some reason the word “deaf“ chokes her and she begins to sob as she hangs up the phone. Miss Gluck rises, sobbing louder
.]
    No, no, Sophie, come here. [
Impulsively she draws Miss Gluck into her arms
.] I know, Sophie, I know, crying is a release, but it—inflames the eyes.
    [
She takes Miss Gluck to the armchair and seats her there. Then she goes to the kitchenette, gets a cup of coffee and a cruller, and brings them to Sophie
.]
    Make yourself comfortable, Sophie.
    [
She goes to the bedroom, gets a pair of gloves, then returns and crosses to the kitchen table to collect her hat and pocketbook. She goes to the door, opens it, and says
 . . .]
    We’ll be back before dark.
    THE LIGHTS DIM OUT

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