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be glad to get me back—then I'd be earning my wages again. [She is silent. The twilight folds darker about them.]
Julie
[Very softly.] Don't go back—to her [Pause.]
Liliom
There are a lot of acacia trees around here. [Pause.]
Julie
Don't go back to her [Pause.]
Liliom
She'd take me back the minute I asked her. I know why—she knows, too [Pause.]
Julie
I can smell them, too—acacia blossoms [There is a pause. Some blossoms drift down from the tree-top to the bench. Liliom picks one up and smells it.]
Liliom
White acacias!
Julie
[After a brief pause.] The wind brings them down. [They are silent. There is a long pause before]
The Curtain Falls
