Summary

Scene 2 begins in a park. At first, Ermina stands alone in a pool of light, speaking what Ernestine describes as “the language of the city,” language associated with jazz, music, and dancing (57). Ernestine also comments that Ermina lost the third V – virginity – recently. She tells Ermina to spend less time with boys, and Ermina says to leave her alone. Ernestine then comments that she and Ermina both know they are being talked about only because of Gerte. Ermina shouts to be left alone. Music plays in the background.

Ernestine and Ermina continue their conversation about boys, with Ermina saying she has four invitations to a dance, and Ernestine saying that Ermina needs to behave, or else she will tell Godfrey, who had told Ernestine to watch her sister. Ermina comments that no-one was watching Godfrey when “he run off and...