MRS. HALE

A plain farm wife, reading a murdered woman's cold kitchen, indicts every neighbor who never came to call — herself first.

0:56Dramatic40s–50sIntermediate

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I could've come. I stayed away because it weren't cheerful — and that's why I ought to have come. It's a lonesome place, and always was. I wish I had come over to see Minnie Foster now and again. I can see now —turn

Why do you and I understand? Why do we know what we know this minute? Oh, I wish I'd come over here once in a while! That was a crime! Who's going to punish that?

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MRS. HALE

Trifles · Susan Glaspell · 0:56 · 98 words

I might have known she needed help! I know how things can be — for women. I tell you, it's queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together and we live far apart. We all go through the same things — it's all just a different kind of the same thing. I could've come. I stayed away because it weren't cheerful — and that's why I ought to have come. It's a lonesome place, and always was. I wish I had come over to see Minnie Foster now and again. I can see now — Why do you and I understand? Why do we know what we know this minute? Oh, I wish I'd come over here once in a while! That was a crime! Who's going to punish that?

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