(Hamilton enters stage left to find Eliza sitting on a bench. She stands to greet him, her stomach swollen. She is pregnant.)262Please respect copyright.PENANAP1ahwbYemq
Hamilton: ...How long have you known?262Please respect copyright.PENANA0woZFFyEiA
Eliza: A month or so.
Hamilton: Eliza, you should have told me. 262Please respect copyright.PENANADvwajaC8ct
Eliza: I wrote to the general a month ago-262Please respect copyright.PENANAICMGwubF6H
Hamilton: No.262Please respect copyright.PENANAAubQRPwjuM
Eliza: I told him to send you home. 262Please respect copyright.PENANAJkUb3t5gdp
Hamilton: (quieter) You should have told me...262Please respect copyright.PENANAmbVm6KkjUm
Eliza: Well, I'm not sorry. I knew you'd fight until the war was done-262Please respect copyright.PENANAcSgJJQoTLC
Hamilton: (muttering) The war's not done...262Please respect copyright.PENANA70SPxrWJvi
Eliza: (continuing) But you deserve a chance to meet your son. You don't know how lucky we are to be alive right now. 262Please respect copyright.PENANACyIhkLBcKS
Hamilton: (bitter) Will you relish being a poor man's wife? A poor man unable to provide for you? For a child?262Please respect copyright.PENANAM4YriFqvnS
Eliza: I relish being your wife. 262Please respect copyright.PENANAivGRZ6oBCL
(There is a moment of silence as Hamilton looks at Eliza in surprise)262Please respect copyright.PENANAmuMuXDhjNF
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? 262Please respect copyright.PENANAZmO0QnRsxT
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. 262Please respect copyright.PENANAlqg5QGNFeq
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...262Please respect copyright.PENANAok7XRDFymA
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.)262Please respect copyright.PENANAfwqL29eIXG
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I just realized that this muscial might not be the best for my non-American readers...
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