Marie: No. I suppose you know we had a bit of quarrel last night. He's started painting again and that's good. I'm sure he just fell asleep, probably with a brush in his hand.
Monsieur: You think he went back to painting last night?
Marie: I'm sure so. I know he was rude last night, and we fought, but that's often when he goes off and does his best work.
Monsieur: He does this often?
Marie: No. Well, I guess he's got an artistic temperament as they say. He blows up easily, but he doesn't go crazy. He's not violent, just gets angry.
Monsieur: The line between non-violent and violent—it barely exists it is so fine. A man can suddenly do something that if you had described it to him only a moment before he would have said it is impossible, it could not happen. But then someone is dead.
Marie: Dead! He may be drunk and maybe he wasn't painting but now you're talking crazy! (exits)
Monsieur holds his head, looks toward the beach and moves into the shadows of his regular table as lights fade out.
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