[TOWNSPEOPLE]
Strong and sure is the dream of Atlanta
When Her Brothers are unified!
[LEO]
Twenty-eight boxes of caps
At four dollars the gross
This is wrong, this is wrong,
I can fix this—wait
Nine more boxes in back
Twenty-eight minus nine
And then thirty-one girls on the line... [LUCILLE]
Suit and a tie...
Terribly quiet...
Quite a well-paid position
“Go on, Lucille...”
“Bring him his coffee...”
[LEO]
Times six, one eight-six...
Divide... seven sixty...
God all the noise, and on Yontiff yet...
Four cents a girl for the week...
At ten cents an hour... [LUCILLE]
Straight from New York, Lucille!
Isn't he smart, Lucille?
Mama, he's comin' around today
Mama, he's at the door!
Mama, I don't know what I should say...
“Well, what are you waitin' for, Lucille?”
What am I waiting for?
[LEO]
This is wrong, this is wrong,
It's an eight, not a six...
[LUCILLE]
House and a maid;
Two sets of china
Everything I was wishin'
New winter coat;
Real ermine collar
Who would have known, Lucille?
Married so well, Lucille?
How can he want me, so plain, so prim?
How can he be so sure?
Don't I wish I could be sure like him?
Like Leo?
[LEO]
Yes, Lucille, I am building a life for us...
[LUCILLE]
For Leo?
[LEO]
No, Lucille, we cannot have a picnic...
[LUCILLE]
Didn't my wishes come true for me
The day he walked through the door?
Isn't he all that I knew he'd be—
Brilliant and filled with humility?
Loyal and stable as any tree?
So why do I wait for more?
What am I waiting for?
[LEO]
Twenty-three cartons of leads
At two sixty the gross
This is wrong, this is wrong,
I can fix this—
(spoken)
[MARY]
Hey.
[LEO]
Yes?
[MARY]
I came for my pay.
[LEO]
Name?
[MARY]
Mary Phagan.