Chapter 8

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MANYA: (whispers off-screen) Abraham... ABE looks at his bedroom door, which has also blown open. MANYA’S lithe shadow, absolutely still, can be seen on the wall in the hallway. The wind blasts. The shadow slides sideways out of view. ABE puts something on and follows. There is no one in the hall. He hears water splash somewhere near. He eases the door to her bedroom open... The door swings open onto the FAR BANK of the WILLOW-ISLAND. The dead man is there, bobbing on the current, and beyond him, something in the water. ABE takes a few steps into the room. MANYA can be seen swimming nude by moon-light, rolling in the water, back-stroking with long, elegant strokes, diving and re-surfacing, sweeping back her long, black hair. She beckons him with a languid hand, whose fingers appear far

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