Chapter 17 of 22 · 3'02"
She stands across from chambers, knees weak, and says she has a virus so someone else will run her case. At the photocopier he says he drank so much, then that they both did. The next line names no speaker: "We could put it down to that and this whole thing would go away, wouldn't it?"
A virus across from chambers
❝ Monologue · 4 lines The drink would make it go away
On Monday she stands across from chambers, knees weak, and asks someone to run her case, saying she has a virus. She is put in a cab home. On Tuesday she makes it inside and runs into him at the photocopier. He says he drank so much he can barely remember. Her voice is screaming, but only inside her head.
On the steps across from chambers she is hyperventilating, asks someone to run her case, and says "I have a virus." She is put in a cab home. She tells her mother what happened "in as little detail as possible." Her mother is "filled with a fury she is trying to control" and tells her to go back: this is the job, the income, the career. Tuesday at the photocopier he says "I'm sorry if I've upset you somehow," then offers lunch. if and somehow leave the cause unnamed. He then says "I drank so much," and "we both did." The next two lines name no speaker, including "We could put it down to that and this whole thing would go away, wouldn't it?" that sits next to the drink just named. After those lines, "Anyway, I'm sorry if I've upset you somehow" comes again. "My voice is screaming, but only inside my head." Then Alice is there, and she is photocopying.
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“How will I ever go back to chambers to work with Julian there?”
The question is about sharing a workplace with him, not about finding the building.
Neutral
“'You go back to work. You do not let this ruin everything you've worked for.”
Two orders land back to back: return to work, and refuse to hand the career over.
Informal
“'Look, Tess, I'm sorry if I've upset you somehow.”
It has every part of an apology, while if and somehow remove the thing that needs forgiving.
Informal
“We could put it down to that and this whole thing would go away, wouldn't it?”
A handy cause plus a tag question makes erasure sound like something both people want.
Informal
“My voice is screaming, but only inside my head.”
The line admits a scream and then confines it to a place nobody else can hear.
literary
“She does seem filled with a fury she is trying to control.”
Does admits the anger is real, and the clause shows it is being held just short of breaking.
literary
My voice is screaming, but only inside my head. Upset me? Somehow? You... You raped me. You held me down and you...
Up next · 18cross-examining myselfThe scene: Cross-Examining Herself in CourtShe is on the steps across from chambers, knees weak, head spinning, and hyperventilating. She asks someone to run her case that day and tells her she has a virus. She is then put in a cab home.
She has just heard what happened, in as little detail as possible, and she is filled with a fury she is trying to control. She is clear that this must not ruin the job, the income, and the career.
The next line says they could put it down to that and this whole thing would go away. that sits next to the drink he has just named.
She wants to say something. The narration says her voice is screaming, but only inside her head. Then Alice is there and she is photocopying. No reply is spoken before that.
