HONEY: {Apologetically, holding up her brandy bottle} I peel labels.
GEORGE: We all peel labels, sweetie; and when you get through the skin, all three layers, through the muscle, slosh aside the organs {An aside to NICK} them which is still sloshable--{Back to HONEY} and get down to bone...you know what you do then?
HONEY: {Terribly interested} No!
GEORGE: When you get down to bone, you haven't got all the way, yet. There's something inside the bone...the marrow...and that's what you gotta get at. {A strange smile at MARTHA}
GEORGE: We all peel labels, sweetie; and when you get through the skin, all three layers, through the muscle, slosh aside the organs {An aside to NICK} them which is still sloshable--{Back to HONEY} and get down to bone...you know what you do then?
HONEY: {Terribly interested} No!
GEORGE: When you get down to bone, you haven't got all the way, yet. There's something inside the bone...the marrow...and that's what you gotta get at. {A strange smile at MARTHA}
( Edward Albee )
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