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Mary Tyrone has just returned home from a sanatorium where she was treated for morphine addiction. Her husband and sons are paranoid about her state of mind, especially because Edmund (her younger son) is ill. To cope with the anxiety of Edmund鈥檚 illness, Mary is in denial of its severity. But the men are worried that Mary is giving in to her addiction, and have been watching her suspiciously all day. In this scene, Mary and Edmund confront each other about their suspicions.
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Mary: Tell me the truth. Why are you so suspicious all of a sudden?
Edmund: I鈥檓 not!
Mary: Oh, yes, you are. I can feel it. Your father and Jamie, too--particularly Jamie.
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Mary: All right dear. I didn鈥檛 mean to be so gloomy. Don鈥檛 mind me. Here. Let me feel your head. Why, it鈥檚 nice and cool. You certainly don鈥檛 have any fever now.
Edmund: Forget! It鈥檚 you--
Mary: But I鈥檓 quite all right, dear.
For full extended scene, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Eugene O鈥橬eill, Long Day鈥檚 Journey Into Night, Yale Books, 2002, pp. 47-50.
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