Part 63 (1/2)

Yes.... A long time ago.

SUSAN

Did he tell you--

JONATHAN

About the lovely lady who danced to the tune? Oh, she was wonderful!

SUSAN

Jonathan ran away--and he never wrote to me or thought of me.

JONATHAN

He thought of you and he talked of you and he sang of you.

SUSAN

No.... I can't believe that.

JONATHAN

Jonathan loves you very much.

SUSAN

If a man loves a woman very much he can't go away from her for years and years.

JONATHAN

Suppose Jonathan had pride and was ashamed to let you know that he had failed.

SUSAN

Jonathan wouldn't fail. I know Jonathan.

JONATHAN

He--Susan Sample!

[_Susan plays softly. She is lovely in the sunlight which is lengthening across the lawn._

[_Jonathan watches her quietly. The love of the boy fans into flame and he reaches out to her, then in the consciousness of his deformity he turns away._

SUSAN

Will you tell me where Jonathan was when you last saw him?

JONATHAN