(Hamilton enters stage left to find Eliza sitting on a bench. She stands to greet him, her stomach swollen. She is pregnant.)140Please respect copyright.PENANATMTJFxnHjj
Hamilton: ...How long have you known?140Please respect copyright.PENANAgH6vkZsCGq
Eliza: A month or so.
Hamilton: Eliza, you should have told me. 140Please respect copyright.PENANAf5xQlokJav
Eliza: I wrote to the general a month ago-140Please respect copyright.PENANA9Cak1gIQa5
Hamilton: No.140Please respect copyright.PENANAur3HEwAIie
Eliza: I told him to send you home. 140Please respect copyright.PENANATLNFXrYoFY
Hamilton: (quieter) You should have told me...140Please respect copyright.PENANAf0MgkIrBj8
Eliza: Well, I'm not sorry. I knew you'd fight until the war was done-140Please respect copyright.PENANAqYavVEIks2
Hamilton: (muttering) The war's not done...140Please respect copyright.PENANAB3rlPjX1M8
Eliza: (continuing) But you deserve a chance to meet your son. You don't know how lucky we are to be alive right now. 140Please respect copyright.PENANAbthvIx09qi
Hamilton: (bitter) Will you relish being a poor man's wife? A poor man unable to provide for you? For a child?140Please respect copyright.PENANAO9S27OYgof
Eliza: I relish being your wife. 140Please respect copyright.PENANAivLxaJILoe
(There is a moment of silence as Hamilton looks at Eliza in surprise)140Please respect copyright.PENANAw6Yor59bTQ
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? 140Please respect copyright.PENANAuSL7InLvAA
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. 140Please respect copyright.PENANA9JV0lXJrGJ
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...140Please respect copyright.PENANAq4CPDFsFvp
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.)140Please respect copyright.PENANAwH3t6NONj5
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I just realized that this muscial might not be the best for my non-American readers...
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