MS-UoR-1552-4

[0115] Fade up to a little less on strip. [0116] Rest in darkness.

[0117] M discovered facing front at R.

[0118] Pause.

[0133] She has not been out since girlhood. [0134] (Pause.) [0135]
She hears in her ^{poor mind}, She has not been out since
girlhood. [0136] (Pause.) [0137] Not out since girlhood. [0138] (Pause.)
[0139] Where is she, it may be asked. [0140] (Pause.) [0141] In the old
home, the same where she - [0142] (Pause.) [0143] The same where
she began. [0144] (Pause.) [0145] Where it began. [0146] (Pause.) [0147] It all
began. [0148] (Pause.) [0148|001]

[0148|002] [0148|003] [0148|004] [0148|005] [0148|006] [0148|007] [0148|008] [0148|009]
[0148|010] [0148|011]
[0148|012] (Pause.) [0149] ^{But this, this,[⁁] w}hen did this begin? [0150] (Pause.) [0151] When other girls
of her age were out ^{at ...} lacrosse ^she was
already here. [0153] [0152] (Pause.) [0153] At this. [0155] [0154] (Pause.)

[0155] The floor here, now bare, was oⁿce ^[stet] - [0156] (M begins pacing.
[0157] .) [0158] But let us watch her move
in silence. [0159] (M paces. [0160] Towards end of second length.)
[0161] Watch how feat she wheels. [0162] (M turns, paces. [0163] Synchronous
with steps third length.) [0164] ^{Three f}our five six. [0165] (M turns at L,
paces one more length, halts facing front at R.)[0166] ^{I say the}
floor here , ^{now bare} this strip of floor, once was carpeted,
a deep pile, [0167] till one day, while still little more than

⁴

[0167] a child, she called her mother and said, Mother, this
is not enough. [0168] The mother: Not enough? [0169] May - the child's
given name - May: ^{Not enough.} [0170] The mother: What do you
mean, May, not enough, what can you possibly mean, May,
not enough? [0171] May: No, Mother, I must hear the feet, how-
even faint they fall. [0172] The mother: The motion alone is not
enough? [0173] May: No, Mother, the motion alone is not enough,
I must hear the feet, however faint they fall.^[Stet]

[0174] (Pause. [0175] M resumes pacing. [0176] With pacing.) [0177] Does
she still sleep, it may be asked. [0178] Yes, in snatches, bows
her head against the wall and sna^tches a little sleep.
[0179] (Pause.) [0180] Still speak? [0181] Yes, some nights she does, when
she fancies none can hear. [0182] (Pause.) [0183] Tells how it was.
[0184] (Pause.) [0185] Tries to tell how it was. [0186] (Pause.) [0187] It all.
[0188] (Pause.) [0189] It all.

[0190] M continues pacing. [0191] Five seconds. [0192] Fade out on strip.
[0193] All in darkness. [0194] Steps silent.
[0195] Long pause.
[0196] ^Gong a little fainter still. [0197] ^{Pause for echoes.}
[0198] Fade up to a little less still on strip. [0199] Rest in
darkness.

^approx
3

^{approx 7
49}