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"Do you know the story about the vicar's daughter, named Alice?" she asks, bursting into laughter. Trask grabs her, forces her to her knees--where you belong, so you can pray! She rises, laughing, hits him gently with the recorder and tells him, I don't remember how to pray. He grabs her arm again and says, you're going to, because it's a part of you, of your life, like the blood in your veins! She continues laughing. He repeats, "It's your life blood--now pray, Charity, pray!" She comes back to herself and obediently says, "Yes, Father." She falls to her knees, in praying posture. Keep praying, he orders--this madness must not touch you again. He kneels beside her, says, "Never again," and puts his hands together in prayer, too. "My plans are too close to completion," he says intensely.[/spoiler]
Wrapping up Scene 199, starting with how it was scripted to begin:
Moving on to how the portion of Scene 199 is scripted before we reach today's quote:
Roxanne lies on a couch in a strange house--and is finally wearing clothes! She hears someone coming and hides. It's Stokes, who says, I know you're there somewhere--I must speak to you, it's very important, for your sake--you must not be frightened, I won't hurt you...I've come to warn you...the police are looking for you--can you hear me? She reluctantly exits her hiding place--I do hear you, she says. Why are you hiding? he asks, you know I'm your friend. What do the police want with me? she asks. To question you, he says. But I've done nothing wrong, she says. I'm afraid the police might find that difficult to believe, he says. I was forced by you and Claude, she says. If I remember correctly, he says, you agreed because you'd do anything for Claude. I didn't agree freely and you know it, she says. I know nothing of the kind, he says, so you see, my dear, you'd better stay hidden here for a little while, anyway--I'll come and see you and bring you anything you want. Claude will see that I have what I want, she says. Sorry, says Stokes, Claude is dead.Her face convulses with sorrow.[/spoiler]