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Lylla comes into the area to join Maxine. moves off.
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LYLLA
Quite a wedding you people put on.
YIN MAXINE
Thank you.
LYLLA
I must congratulate you -- it's a
very impressive and creative idea,
a wedding with such, well, unusual trappings.
Of course, the very name -- the
Universal Church of Primitive
Balance -- suggests going back to
basics.
YIN MAXINE
You have an interest in the church?
LYLLA
As a matter of fact, yes, I do.
YIN MAXINE
You should talk to Cyndi.
LYLLA
I plan to. Have you been a member
long?
YIN MAXINE
About six months.
LYLLA
That's about how long I've known about
them. Was it a difficult choice for you to
join?
YIN MAXINE
Actually, no. They had something I wanted.
LYLLA
I'm still more vague in what I'm searching
for, I guess. Just another lost soul.
YIN MAXINE
I used to be lost myself.
LYLLA
What is it the church gives you? I know it's
a hard question to answer.
YIN MAXINE
It isn't at all: I have an opportunity to be
a mother.
LYLLA
I don't think I understand.
YIN MAXINE
I was attracted to the church's surrogate
mother program.
LYLLA
I haven't heard of it.
YIN MAXINE
It's one of the most successful programs in
the church. The great majority of church
members are very successful, very upward
mobile people -- lawyers, doctors, engineers,
and so on, very bright and successful and
spriritual people. Both the surrogate
mother program and the sperm bank take
advantage of this elite quality -- it's
more or less putting the best genetic
material available on the market. I was
very flattered to be accepted, actually.
LYLLA
You joined just to be a surrogate mother?
YIN MAXINE
I was recruited, actually. They sought me
out. I still don't know how they knew about
me, it's not as if I've had the opportunity to
give concerts. I'm an artist, a concert
pianist, but I've been very invisible, very
isolated and dedicated to my art. I was
shocked, frankly, that they'd even heard about
me. Then they offered me the opportunity to
join the church, to get paid for becoming a
surrogate mother, with considerable time to
devote to my studies -- I was in a rather
precarious situation at the time, it was like
a godsend, like a prayer come true. I can't
believe it happened to me.
LYLLA
How fortunate for you.
YIN MAXINE
Modestly, I must say I do deserve it.
LYLLA
Do you have other children?
YIN MAXINE
No. If I didn't have this godsend, it'd be
too late for me.
LYLLA
But you're not keeping the child.
YIN MAXINE
Oh no, of course not. But at least I have the
birthing experience. And, of course, I've made
a considerable genetic contribution to the species.
LYLLA
Do they pay you for your services?
YIN MAXINE
Well, yes, but I hope you don't think I'm
doing it for the money.
LYLLA
I didn't mean to imply that.
YIN MAXINE
They're paying me very well, actually. It has
to do with the artistic genes, I think. Like
I said, I feel very flattered by the entire
affair. I've been doing my art in a vacuum
for so long.
LYLLA
You look familiar, actually. You never gave
concerts? I could swear I've seen your
picture in the paper.
YIN MAXINE
Oh dear. I have been in the paper.
LYLLA
I remember: You lived in the Brodey mansion,
didn't you?
YIN MAXINE
That's a part of my life I want to forget. I
suppose you remember me from those terrible
photographs during the trial. It was the most
trying experience of my life, going through
that. It's not easy finding out your employer
is a murderer.
LYLLA
And a victim.
YIN MAXINE
Oh, Mrs. Brodey is the one who wrote my check.
She ran the mansion. The doctor was hardly
ever home. Too busy with his daliances, as it
turned out.
LYLLA
It was a controversial trial, as I recall.
YIN MAXINE
Naturally Mrs. Brodey declared her innocence.
In fact, she claimed that I murdered the
doctor. Like I said, it's a part of my life
that seems like a nightmare.
LYLLA
You must be much happier now.
YIN MAXINE
Indeed I am!
LYLLA
Having worked at the mansion, you must know
the bride.
YIN MAXINE
Of course.
LYLLA
The wedding was so unusual -- are you
something like a bridesmaid?
YIN MAXINE
Yang Wolf and I were involved in the bridal
offering.
LYLLA
So that's what it was. I take it that's
something of an honor -- especially since you
know the bride so well.
YIN MAXINE
Oh, we're not really very close.
LYLLA
I thought you were. I mean, living in the
mansion together and now participating in the
wedding . . .
YIN MAXINE
Do you know the Brodey family?
LYLLA
Only Jack, really.
YIN MAXINE
You know Jack? I wish I'd known that earlier.
LYLLA
Why?
YIN MAXINE
Jack and I don't get along very well. It's
not my fault. I think he blames me for his
father's death.
LYLLA
Why would he do that?
YIN MAXINE
I'm sorry, I think I've talked too much about
the past -- it brings such bad memories. If
you'll excuse me, I--
LYLLA
I didn't mean to upset you.
YIN MAXINE
I'm going to get back into the spirit of the
wedding.
She moves off, into area E. /ex11/ TIME CODE: 27:30
Lylla goes downstairs. /ex5/ TIME CODE: 27:30
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