The Nurse In Brightberry

(Gus exits. Miss Middleton’s face is all smiles until Gus is out of the room. Then her jowls fall to an accusatory grimace.)

MISS MIDDLETON
Lillette, where is your uniform? I am getting a sense that something, something heinous is going on here.

LILLETTE
Miss Middleton, whatever do you mean?

SARAH
Yeah, heinous sounds just awful.

LILLETTE
Oh, it is awful dear.

MISS MIDDLETON
Don’t be coy. Do I need to remind you that it’s against the tenets of Mary’s Day and Evening Care to cavort or gambol with the convalescent. Doing so means the immediate removal of the nurse at hand.

(Sarah looks back to Lillette for another translation.)

LILLETTE
She means mushing with the Norfolks, darling.

SARAH
Oh. (pause) Oh!

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