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grandmother, his father, were all insane

[Moving uneasily]

Stop it! time to go when those thoughts come sail on Saturday  not come here again  Nina will soon be fighting Sam for my son’s love! I’m better out of that! O Christ, what a mess it all is!

[''Appears in the doorway in rear. He carries a small, expensive yacht’s model of a sloop with the sails set. He is in a terrific state of conflicting emotions, on the verge of tears yet stubbornly determined'']

I got to do it! Gosh, it’s awful this boat is so pretty  why did it have to come from him? I can get Dad to buy me another boat but now I love this one  but he kissed Mother  she kissed him

[He walks up defiantly and confronts who turns to him in surprise]

Hey—Darrell—did you—?

[He stops chokingly]

[Immediately realizing what is coming—thinking with somber anguish]

So this has to happen! what I dreaded! my fate is merciless, it seems!

[With strained kindliness]

Did what?

[Growing hard—stammers angrily]

I found this—out in the hall. It can’t be from anybody else. Is this—your present?