Episode 2
Queenie:
When I was a girl, all I saw was the purpose of it.
Now, there ain't no purpose
So, all I see is the beauty of it.
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Ruby:
I cannot bear it one more day.
I must divest myself.
I have broken his heart into a thousand little pieces.
I wanted...to be grateful, but I would find fault where there was none,
punish him with stinging looks, cut him off for days.
Dorcas:
But there must have been a reason. If you missed your home.
Perhaps if you had come for a visit?
Ruby:
No, I knew that if I came back here at all I would not have returned. And so I felt trapped. I saw his face, crushed by every blow I inflicted upon him, and it made me shrink from him all the more.
Dorcas:
You cannot make yourself love someone.
Ruby:
I did want to love him.
Dorcas:
Perhaps your behaviour towards Mr Dallas was because you could not bear to admit it even to yourself.
Ruby:
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