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43.<br />
RUTH<br />
Flo! Because of Edward! What does it<br />
say?<br />
FLORENCE<br />
It says women are like doorways. Men<br />
have to enter through them.<br />
RUTH<br />
That’s so ridiculous! That simply<br />
isn’t true.<br />
FLORENCE<br />
I’m afraid it is...<br />
RUTH<br />
What else does it say?<br />
FLORENCE<br />
You won’t like this. It says the<br />
penis...<br />
RUTH shrieks at the word.<br />
... the penis fills with...<br />
Suddenly their mother, VIOLET, is in the doorway. She’s an<br />
academic, a brittle, angular woman, rather cold. She speaks<br />
sharply.<br />
VIOLET<br />
No sign of Daddy?<br />
No.<br />
RUTH<br />
VIOLET<br />
Well that’s typical. I’m giving my<br />
Spinoza supervision now so Ruth, no<br />
running across the hall, and Florence,<br />
no screeching until I’m done. Is that<br />
clear?<br />
She vanishes as quickly as she appeared. The girls exchange a<br />
look.<br />
RUTH<br />
Do you think Mummy was ever a doorway?
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