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Mary Tyrone, although recently home from a sanatorium because of addiction, is once again taking morphine to cope with her loneliness and anxiety. She also blames the rheumatism in her hands, but everyone around her--including the maid Cathleen--knows when Mary is making excuses. Mary’s husband and sons have been gone all afternoon, and in Mary’s loneliness she has invited Cathleen to join her in the living room. While Mary is succumbing to the influence of morphine, Cathleen is sneaking sips
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Mary: (Amused--girlishly) That foghorn! Isn’t it awful, Cathleen?
Cathleen: It is indeed, Ma’am. It’s like a banshee.
Mary: I don’t mind it tonight. Last night it drove me crazy. I lay awake worrying until I couldn’t stand it any more.
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Cathleen: � That shut him up quick. He gave a look out at you and said, “Oh,� and to get the medicine.
Mary: (Vaguely.) Yes, he knows me.
For full extended scene, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Eugene O’Neill, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Yale Books, 2002, pp. 100-105.
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