(Act
V Scene 4)
(At 2:30 in the afternoon, Elijah
returns with Mary’s mother from the motor park)
Mary’s mother: (angrily) omo ale yan da! Iwe la ran-an, osi lo n se kiri. (Where
is that bastard? She was sent to study, she goes around prostituting)
Elijah:
(trying to pacify her) calm down
mummy.
(They enter and see Mary on the rug
with blood in her mouth. Mary’s mother angry voice changes to pleading tone as
she rushes to her and taps her violently to wake her up)
Mary’s mother: (sobbing) wake up my daughter! Mary! (She
begins to shout) Maria dide! Ah!!!
Ina omo jo mi o (Mary wake up! Ah! I’m bereaved of a child)
Elijah: (looks at the table and sees a bottle of poison. He shouts amidst sobs)
I’ll deal with this Peller today!
(He steps out of the main door and
meet Mama Alakara coming towards him, he quickly pretended as if nothing is
wrong.)
Mama Alakara: (sobs) iru iwa ika wo leleyi?ah!ah!ah! (What kind of turpitude is
this? Ah! Ah! Ah!)
Elijah: (spreads out his hands inquisitively) what happened mama?
Mama Alakara: (wipes her tears) Peller was found dead in his room this afternoon.
He was shot by some unknown men.
Elijah: Jesus! What kind of calamity is
this? Mary has poisoned herself mama.
Mama Alakara: (sits on the floor holding her head with her hands) ikunle abiyaamo
ooo! (Pain of motherhood!!!)
(She burst into uncontrollable
tears as Elijah leads her to where Mary’s mother is, slow dirge plays on as the
spotlights slowly fade out and the curtain is finally drawn)
(THE
END)
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