A Back Alley - 11:00 pm

(Maria appears at the window above him which

opens onto the escape)

TONY: Maria, Maria

MARIA: Ssh!

TONY: Maria!

MARIA: Quiet!

TONY: Come down!

MARIA: No!

TONY: Maria

MARIA: Please if Bernardo!

TONY: He's at the dance Come down!

MARIA: He will soon bring Anita home!

TONY: Just for a minute

MARIA(smiles): A minute is not enough

TONY(smiles): For an hour then

MARIA: I cannot!

TONY: For ever!

MARIA: Ssh!

TONY: Then I'm coming up

WOMAN'S VOICE(from the offstage apartment): Maria!

MARIA: Momentito, Mama

TONY (climbing up): Maria, Maria

MARIA: Caladito! (reaching her hand out to stop him) Ssh!
TONY (grabbing her hand): Ssh!

MARIA: It is dangerous

TONY: I'm not "one of them"

MARIA: You are; but to me, you are not Just as I
am one of them (gestures inside)

TONY: To me, you are all the (She covers his
mouth with her hand)

MAN'S VOICE (from the unseen apartment):
Maruca!

MARIA: Si, ya vengo, Papa!

TONY: Maruca?

MARIA: His pet name for me

TONY: I like him He will like me

MARIA: No He is like Bernardo: afraid Imagine
being afraid of you!

TONY: You see?

MARIA (touching his face): I see you

TONY: See only me

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