廊桥遗梦 第二章 英2

孙祎卓

　BETTYThis is kind of exciting. You thinkwe'll find out your mother hadsecret millions lying around?

　　Carolyn smiles weakly. Michael hands back the papers.

　　LAWYERAll right. Why don't we begin.

　　He takes out Francesca's Last Will and Testament.

　　LAWYER (cont'd)Your mother has been interred atLakeside Funeral Home untilarrangements can be made.

　　MICHAEL(to Carolyn)I thought everything WAS arranged.

　　CAROLYNWell, there's a problem.

　　MICHAELWhat problem?

　　LAWYERYour mother left explicitinstructions that she wished to becremated.

　　MICHAELCremated?!

　　BETTYEeeww!

　　CAROLYNI know. I don't understand it either.

　　MICHAELWhen did she decide this?

　　LAWYER(reading will)Apparently just before her death.

　　MICHAELWell, that's crazy. I don't knowanybody who gets cremated.

　　BETTYMy Jewish friend's grandmother did.

　　MICHAELWell, no one in my family did! Dadbought cemetery plots at Oak Ridge.

　　One for him, one for mom.

　　LAWYERIt clearly states in the will --MICHAELI don't care what it says! Maybe Mamawas delirious, you know. She didn'tknow what she was saying. If shewanted to be cremated, why the helldid she let dad buy two plots, huh?

　　LAWYERWell, she was very specific. Shewanted her ashes to be thrown overRoseman Bridge.

　　MICHAELWHAT!

　　BETTYHow bizarre!

　　CAROLYNMr. Peterson, are you sure mama wroteall this?

　　LAWYERWell, it was notarized, and witnessedby a Mrs. Lucy Delaney. Maybe you canask her.

　　MICHAELWho the hell is Lucy Delaney?

　　CAROLYNI remember a Mrs. Delaney but Mamatold me years ago she died.

　　MICHAELWell, I don't care if it's legal ornot, we're not cremating her andthrowing her all over some bridgewhere we can't even go visit herbecause she's going to be blown allover the place like an ashtray.

　　BETTYNot to mention people driving overher and doggies doing their business --MICHAEL(interrupting)We're not doing it! I'm not even sureit's Christian.

　　BETTYMaybe it's an Italian thing. Theirmother was Italian.

　　MICHAELDoesn't matter. Move on.

　　The women dare not object. The lawyer raises his eyebrowsand continues:

　　LAWYERWell, we'll come back to that. Shallwe open the box?

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