moment

They're not such bad guys. They have wives and children and their own little problems, just like everyone, but when the moment comes they will find it easy to grab hold of the person they're told to arrest. 🔊

It begins at the moment when the two sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polynices, who were supposed to take turns ruling Thebes one year at a time, fought each other to the death under the walls of the city, because Eteocles, the older one, had at the end of his first year of power refused to give up his place to his brother. 🔊

She stands motionless for a moment, listening, The NURSE rushes out.

(She stays there a moment with her eyes closed.)

(They stay there a moment without saying anything, then she starts softly.)

Oh! I'd have held him so tight that he'd never have felt a moment of fear, I swear it to you. 🔊

(The guard leaves at a run. Creon stands for a moment without speaking. Suddenly, he murmurs.)

Ah! the fucking cheek of her. I turn my back for a moment, I ask for a smoke, and before I've got time to light up and say thank you she's back again scraping away like a little hyena. 🔊

But Jesus Christ! Try to understand for a moment, you little idiot! I've tried to understand you. 🔊

After a moment, he starts up again.

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