(Hamilton enters stage left to find Eliza sitting on a bench. She stands to greet him, her stomach swollen. She is pregnant.)342Please respect copyright.PENANA9i7dSX1qUu
Hamilton: ...How long have you known?342Please respect copyright.PENANAPKBQjHwc4W
Eliza: A month or so.
Hamilton: Eliza, you should have told me. 342Please respect copyright.PENANAs047EsnCmb
Eliza: I wrote to the general a month ago-342Please respect copyright.PENANAJczVqwCNgz
Hamilton: No.342Please respect copyright.PENANA8pjySNXaog
Eliza: I told him to send you home. 342Please respect copyright.PENANAVzSUHPOtrU
Hamilton: (quieter) You should have told me...342Please respect copyright.PENANAc8k6v109hc
Eliza: Well, I'm not sorry. I knew you'd fight until the war was done-342Please respect copyright.PENANA2j6qt3fhIb
Hamilton: (muttering) The war's not done...342Please respect copyright.PENANARY5IUj7lBq
Eliza: (continuing) But you deserve a chance to meet your son. You don't know how lucky we are to be alive right now. 342Please respect copyright.PENANAL6Yfi8sBil
Hamilton: (bitter) Will you relish being a poor man's wife? A poor man unable to provide for you? For a child?342Please respect copyright.PENANA3yicZT3k5K
Eliza: I relish being your wife. 342Please respect copyright.PENANAF140VIVMsW
(There is a moment of silence as Hamilton looks at Eliza in surprise)342Please respect copyright.PENANASPww3Z6Y4D
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? 342Please respect copyright.PENANAkDx7gxmWbL
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. 342Please respect copyright.PENANAQYpLGfWTgX
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...342Please respect copyright.PENANAhAYwv4Tav2
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.)342Please respect copyright.PENANABguJrGR9cA
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I just realized that this muscial might not be the best for my non-American readers...
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