Baseball (Scene #11)

Oh, hello. I didn’t know you used this station.

Yes.

(Pause) It’s a beautiful city.

Yes.

Oh, I am sorry, you are reading.

No. It is ok.

What are you reading?

A book on Mozart.

Mozart? Don’t you feel like you’re cheating on Beethoven? (She laughs. No response from Gertie.) Seeing the sketches, I almost feel like… (Katherine gestures)

Yes, I remember when I first started that I had the same feelings. (She notices Katherine’s hand) You are in pain?

No, no I am not.

What is the problem with the hand?

Oh, it’s nothing, nothing.

I saw you in the library when you tried to pick up the book.

(Cutting her off) It’s nothing.

You don’t have to tell me. D

Do you follow baseball at all?

Do I look like a woman that follows baseball?

Well, there was a player, Lou Gehrig.

(Nodding) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

How do you know that?

I thought that is what you had. My aunt, five years ago we lost her. (Pause) It’s a waste...

Excuse me?

This train is not coming. It’s a waste of our time.