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The Sound Inside 10/3/19 19BELLAGood. Keep going.CHRISTOPHER Shane accepts his invitation.BELLATo stay with him.CHRISTOPHER At the St. Mark’s Hotel, yeah.At one point, while walking back toward the East Village, Shane produces acellphone, dials a number, and speaks to someone. But the student gets thekeen sense that there isn’t anyone on the other end; that Shane is performinga one-sided conversation.BELLAAnd then what?CHRISTOPHER That’s all I have.BELLAHow are you feeling about the prose?CHRISTOPHER I’m not even thinking about it. At this point it feels as if the story is writingme. Isthat okay?BELLAIt’s more than okay. It’s good. It’s really really good.CHRISTOPHER Good.BELLAWould you like to join me for dinner?(to AUDIENCE)I tell him it’ll be my treat. He says yes and after he waits for me to answer afew emails we walk over to Jack’s Bar & Steakhouse on College Street andorder a pair of six-ounce filets.CHRISTOPHER She’s dead.During dinner Christopher tells me about his mother – a mystery novelistwho lives in Burlington, Vermont, in a modest clapboard house filled withbooks. She rarely goes outside. Christopher thinks she might be agoraphobic.She’s an obsessive, meticulous writer, completely devoted to her work. She’spublished over twenty books and writes under a pseudonym that he won’treveal.(to CHRISTOPHER)Sue Grafton.
The Sound Inside 8/23/19 20BELLAAgatha Christie.CHRISTOPHER She’s even more dead.BELLAJoyce Carol Oates?CHRISTOPHER Yeah, Joyce Carol Oates is my mom. She’s going to be here in ten minutes.She’s taking me to one of the Muppet movies.BELLAChristopher’s father is a complete mystery with whom he has norelationship. I ask him where he is and he says something about thehinterlands of northern Wisconsin.(to CHRISTOPHER)When was the last time you saw him?CHRISTOPHER A long time ago. I might’ve been like five.BELLADo you ever think about him?CHRISTOPHER Do you want me to think about him? Is that what you want?BELLA No. I—CHRISTOPHER (mocking the possible litany of questions)What does he look like? How tall is he? Does he have a beard? Is he lefthanded?Does he suffer from kidney stones? Is he good at copper etchings?Does he have any birthmarks? What’s his favorite sports team? How manypancakes can he eat in a single sitting?Bella simply takes this in. Then:BELLASorry.CHRISTOPHER No, I’m sorry. Ask me something else.BELLAI think it’s your turn. I’m the one asking all the questions here.CHRISTOPHER Okay. Why don’t you have any friends?BELLAI have friends.
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