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 be glad to get me back—then I'd be earning my wages again. [''She is silent. The twilight folds darker about them.'']

[Very softly.] Don't go back—to her [Pause.]

There are a lot of acacia trees around here. [Pause.]

Don't go back to her [Pause.]

She'd take me back the minute I asked her. I know why—she knows, too [Pause.]

I can smell them, too—acacia blossoms [''There is a pause. Some blossoms drift down from the tree-top to the bench. picks one up and smells it.'']

White acacias!

[After a brief pause.] The wind brings them down. [''They are silent. There is a long pause before'']