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2018
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Yes… but I'd have to get used to it.... It must be like diving.
NATHANIEL
When you were very ill you seemed to imagine you were falling.
JONATHAN
Did I talk much when I was unconscious?
NATHANIEL
You talked almost continuously.
JONATHAN
Did I?… You said you'd tell me what I said—when I was strong enough.... I'm pretty strong now.
NATHANIEL
Do you know what I did?
JONATHAN
I don't know.
NATHANIEL (showing manuscript)
Can you guess?
JONATHAN (Looks at manuscript)
"Jonathan Builds a Fear." What does that mean?
NATHANIEL
When you were delirious I listened to what you said and then I made a story out of it.
JONATHAN
You mean this is all about me?
NATHANIEL
It's about a little hunchback who thought he was you.
JONATHAN
I know. I was always trying to make somebody know me, and finally I thought I jumped from the top of a hill and I seemed to be falling for years and years....
NATHANIEL
Those were terrible days, my boy, and do you know, we were afraid you wouldn't live.
JONATHAN
It was a terrible feeling.
NATHANIEL
I know, but all that's over now; and there's the whole story about the little hunchback you never were.
JONATHAN
[Hank's whistle is heard. Jonathan rises very quickly and looks at Nathaniel.
NATHANIEL
He comes every now and then to ask about you and to get something to eat.
[Hank whistles again.
HANK'S VOICE (at back)
Hi!
NATHANIEL
Come in, Hank.—
HANK
Is the old man here?
NATHANIEL
No.
HANK (Enters through the gateway whistling)
Hello, boy.
JONATHAN
I'm well now. How are you?
HANK
I'm beginning to get cold, so I think I'll go south tomorrow and I thought I'd drop in to say good-bye.
NATHANIEL
When you were very ill you seemed to imagine you were falling.
JONATHAN
Did I talk much when I was unconscious?
NATHANIEL
You talked almost continuously.
JONATHAN
Did I?… You said you'd tell me what I said—when I was strong enough.... I'm pretty strong now.
NATHANIEL
Do you know what I did?
JONATHAN
I don't know.
NATHANIEL (showing manuscript)
Can you guess?
JONATHAN (Looks at manuscript)
"Jonathan Builds a Fear." What does that mean?
NATHANIEL
When you were delirious I listened to what you said and then I made a story out of it.
JONATHAN
You mean this is all about me?
NATHANIEL
It's about a little hunchback who thought he was you.
JONATHAN
I know. I was always trying to make somebody know me, and finally I thought I jumped from the top of a hill and I seemed to be falling for years and years....
NATHANIEL
Those were terrible days, my boy, and do you know, we were afraid you wouldn't live.
JONATHAN
It was a terrible feeling.
NATHANIEL
I know, but all that's over now; and there's the whole story about the little hunchback you never were.
JONATHAN
[Hank's whistle is heard. Jonathan rises very quickly and looks at Nathaniel.
NATHANIEL
He comes every now and then to ask about you and to get something to eat.
[Hank whistles again.
HANK'S VOICE (at back)
Hi!
NATHANIEL
Come in, Hank.—
HANK
Is the old man here?
NATHANIEL
No.
HANK (Enters through the gateway whistling)
Hello, boy.
JONATHAN
I'm well now. How are you?
HANK
I'm beginning to get cold, so I think I'll go south tomorrow and I thought I'd drop in to say good-bye.
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