← And as soon as the curtain goes up, she feels that she is moving away at breakneck speed from her sister Ismene, who's chatting and laughing with a young man, from all of us, who are sitting here safely watching her, from all of us who don't have to die this evening. 🔊✎
← The young man who is talking with pretty, happy, blonde Ismene is Haemon, the son of Creon. 🔊✎
← And then one night, a ball night when he had danced with no one but Ismene, a night when Ismene had been dazzling in her new gown, he had gone over to find Antigone, who was dreaming in a corner like she is now, her arms around her knees, and he had asked her to be his wife. 🔊✎
← The orchestra started up a new dance, you could hear Ismene laughing over there, in the middle of the other boys, and well, now he is going to be the husband of Antigone, 🔊✎
← How many times have I told myself: "Dear God, the little one, she's not enough of a flirt! Always the same dress and she doesn't even comb her hair. The boys won't see anyone but Ismene with her curls and her ribbons and they'll leave me to look after the other one. 🔊✎
← SCENE III: THE NURSE, ANTIGONE, ISMENE ✎
← Go back to bed, Ismene... You can see it's day now, so anyway I can't do anything. 🔊✎
← You're quite sure that at the ball when you came to find me in my corner, you didn't find the wrong girl? You're sure you've never regretted it, not thought even once, right deep down, that you should have asked Ismene? 🔊✎
← Thank you. Okay. First, what happened yesterday. You asked me just now why I turned up with Ismene's gown, with that perfume and lipstick. 🔊✎