(Hamilton enters stage left to find Eliza sitting on a bench. She stands to greet him, her stomach swollen. She is pregnant.)513Please respect copyright.PENANAYIomCxVPJS
Hamilton: ...How long have you known?513Please respect copyright.PENANAMiQtikBBpZ
Eliza: A month or so.
Hamilton: Eliza, you should have told me. 513Please respect copyright.PENANABL0Eou4zSo
Eliza: I wrote to the general a month ago-513Please respect copyright.PENANA8Z7yzhKg3o
Hamilton: No.513Please respect copyright.PENANAld463okiH6
Eliza: I told him to send you home. 513Please respect copyright.PENANAv05rqFfU90
Hamilton: (quieter) You should have told me...513Please respect copyright.PENANAxYw59o3qRX
Eliza: Well, I'm not sorry. I knew you'd fight until the war was done-513Please respect copyright.PENANAugTyWMtNGs
Hamilton: (muttering) The war's not done...513Please respect copyright.PENANAVBmdp3q3eT
Eliza: (continuing) But you deserve a chance to meet your son. You don't know how lucky we are to be alive right now. 513Please respect copyright.PENANAtWYXXOhcTp
Hamilton: (bitter) Will you relish being a poor man's wife? A poor man unable to provide for you? For a child?513Please respect copyright.PENANAOIVwG8d6iS
Eliza: I relish being your wife. 513Please respect copyright.PENANA1VTMyNR5DL
(There is a moment of silence as Hamilton looks at Eliza in surprise)513Please respect copyright.PENANAIUqvcqv7LO
Eliza: Look around. Look at where you are. Look at where you started. You used to be an immigrant from a place no one knew about, trying to gain an education in a place you weren't respected. Now, you write for General Washington, a man who is going to bring us independence. How can anyone not respect you now? 513Please respect copyright.PENANAXoznZYSRMw
Not to mention, the fact that you're alive is a miracle. You've lived twice as long as expected. Just please, stay alive, that would be enough.
And if this child has a fraction of your smile or a fragment of your mind, (laughs) look out world! That would be enough. 513Please respect copyright.PENANA3fIyOjKhJs
I don't pretend to know the challenges your facing, the worlds you create and erase in your mind. But I am not afraid. I know who I married. I don't need you to be famous or the most successful man in America, just as long as you come home at the end of the day, everyday...that would be enough.
We don't need a legacy. We don't need money. And if I can grant you peace of mind...if you can let me inside your heart...513Please respect copyright.PENANAZyoyQOHFuA
There will be a narrative written about you one day. Let me be a part of it. Let this moment be the first chapter, the one where you decide to stay...
Oh, and I could be enough! And we could be enough. That would be enough...
(Lost in the moment, Eliza looks at Hamilton again. He is crying. Another beat, and they embrace.)513Please respect copyright.PENANA6Qi6wNosYb
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I just realized that this muscial might not be the best for my non-American readers...
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