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Mother Hollunder
He'll only come back again—and first thing you know that vagabond will get jealous and there'll be a fight. [Goes out, muttering.] Oh, he's ready enough to fight, he is. Strike a poor little girl like that! Ought to be ashamed of himself! And the police just let him go on doing as he pleases. [Still scolding, she exits at back.]
Marie
A carpenter wants to marry you?
Julie
Yes.
Marie
Why don't you?
Julie
Because
Marie
Liliom doesn't support you, and he beats you—he thinks he can do whatever he likes just because he's Liliom. He's a bad one.
Julie
He's not really bad.
Marie
That night you sat on the bench together—he was gentle then.
