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Arlene was just paroled from prison after killing a cab driver. She
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They tol� me � after I’d out an it was all over � they said after the chaplain got transferred � I didn’t know why he didn’t come no more ‘til after � they said it was three whole nights at first, me screamin� to God to come git Arlie an� kill her.
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I jus� done my work an� knit � an� I don’t think about it what happened, ‘cept � (Now losing control.) people here keep callin� me Arlie an �* (Has trouble saying “Arlie.�)* I didn’t mean to do it, what I done ...
For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Marsha Norman, Getting Out. Dramatists Play Service, pp. 61-62.
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