- Dorothy Bennett: [Dorothy cowers on the floor, she sees Sister Ulrica's feet, and looks up] Please...?
- [the nun has taken a vow of silence. She shakes her head no, and places her fingers over her mouth]
- Dorothy Bennett: I need you so badly; you don't know!
- [Ulrica sits on the floor with Dorothy, holding her hands]
- Dorothy Bennett: To talk to... I'm pregnant. Pregnant! By one of the guards...
- [Ulrica takes Dorothy's face in hands and kisses her forehead. Dorothy pushes her away]
- Dorothy Bennett: It's growing inside me. Struggling into the world, only to die. I've seen it all before. My little Violet buried out there somewhere... lost. Sally's baby died before sh...
- [Dorothy stands]
- Dorothy Bennett: I can't go through with it, and I don't intend to.
- Sister Ulrica: [whispers and then shouts] No... No!