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[Insistently but softly.] Yes. You know what it means to hate a person?

Why should I hate you? I have never hated anyone.

Have you ever loved anyone? [She puts her hand on wrist.] Tell me. You have?

[Also softly.] Yes. In the past.

Not now?

No.

Can you say that to me—truly. Look at me.

[Looks at her.] Yes, I can.

You said just now that another person is intimate in this house. You meant your cousin Was it he?

Yes.

Have you not forgotten him?

[Quietly.] I have tried to.