We see Dolly and Victor in front of the house as it is being "built" by the bi-figurers. Two female bi-figures join them. One of them has a boiler filled with mud in her hands. The other one is leaning on a pair of steps. Both are barefoot.
JEREMY
Here we are.
JUDITH
Is that it? Wonder how it's still all up.
JEREMY
It's them.
JUDITH
She's ugly.
JEREMY
You or me?
JUDITH
What?
JEREMY
The talking -
JUDITH, as he gets out of the car, not really listening
There're coming to us...
Jeremy gets out of the car.
JUDITH & JEREMY
Hi!
VICTOR
Hello, hello.
DOLLY
I'm Dolly -
JEREMY
Ho, it's nice to meet you, here's my fiancée, Judith.
JUDITH
Hi, Judith Vøøtin.
JEREMY, talking to Victor
So, that's it, hey?
DOLLY
Yes, that's our house - the house.
VICTOR
Yes, the house.
JEREMY
You don't mind if...
VICTOR
No, no, help yourself, circle around.
Dolly moves in front of Judith.
JUDITH
That's us...
DOLLY
Where you guys come from?
JUDITH
Oh, we're living downtown.
DOLLY
And where do you come from? (To her husband, who was about to speak:) Honey; why don't you just circle around with Mister Jeremy while we two talk...
VICTOR
If she bugs you, let me know...
He moves as if he was going toward Jeremy, but stops behind his wife. The bi-figurer with the pair of steps gets closer to Victor. The other one (with the boiler filed of mud) moves between Dolly and Judith. She sits on the stage, the boiler in front of her.
JUDITH, talking to Dolly, being not impolite to Victor
From --->[insert the somehow closest town around].
The bi-figurer with the pair of steps goes up on them.
DOLLY
No, I mean - you, wher' you from -, what was that name again?
JUDITH
Oh, Vøøtin! Oh, that's "V", as in Victor, just like your husband, double stroked "O", "T', (to Jeremy, as she's having a smile for him:) - I should have think about it - (she gets back to Dolly like if there hadn't been any interruption:) as in Thomas, "I", "N".
DOLLY
You're not --->[insert the appropriate country's adjective you're sowehow in].
JUDITH
No. I'm from Lichtenstein.
DOLLY
From where?
VICTOR
You know the Likenstien.
JUDITH
Yes, the Principality of Lichtenstein.
DOLLY
Liechentein -
JUDITH
Yes. (She pauses.) We have one of the highest rate of suicides, all age groups gathered, worldwide. And, I think we even ranked first among youths, some years ago.
DOLLY
Stroked "O", hen?
JUDITH
In fact, my name's Norwegian. My mother's from Tromsø - that's about four hundred kilometers north of the polar artic circle.
DOLLY
So that's where you from?
JUDITH
No, I was born in Lichtenstein -
VICTOR
Just listen to her. She just told you, for Christ's sake!
The bi-figurer with the boiler starts to play with her hands in the mud, while the one on the pair of steps starts the execution of a French Cancan.
DOLLY
I'm just - Just have him visited - okay...
JUDITH
It's funny, because Jeremy also swears like that at me for nothing -
JEREMY
Did you make that fence yourself?
DOLLY
He is -
VICTOR, staying behind Dolly, hardly turning his head toward Jeremy
Yeah - we got drunk just before we ended, there - but uninformed eyes won't see it.
DOLLY
So, your mother's in Norway?
JUDITH
No, no - my mother's in Vaduz, in the Principality
of Liechtenstein.
VICTOR
For Christ's sake, Dolly! She just told you -
DOLLY
And, your father?
JUDITH
Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
VICTOR
Valus.
DOLLY
Valus.
JEREMY
God! It's a nice lawn you got there.
DOLLY
So your family moved there from Norway?
JUDITH
Actually, it's not that quite simple.
VICTOR
She's always like that.
JUDITH
No, no, I don't mind really - actually, like I said, it is not quite that simple: my father's from Argentina, and he's a son of an Argentinean and of a German - and then, on my mother's side, my grandmother's from Norway, like you might have guessed... and my grandfather's from Sweden. They were neighbors... Kind of...
DOLLY
And you ended up in the Livelenstein.
JUDITH
Yes, I've ended up - well, I've started up, there... If you've followed me right...
JEREMY
So, Victor - well - Judith...
JUDITH
Yes, I know - (as if she was to whisper to Dolly :) I sometimes get mixed myself. People sometimes just visit our country to send letters from there - our stamps, when canceled in - since it's a so tiny country - well, they worth - well, they're collection items - for philatelists - you know?
DOLLY
Han, han.
JUDITH, talking as much to Jeremy as to Dolly
I'll get my mother to send you a postcard if you want...
JEREMY
Sure.
He kicks the house's wall.
DOLLY
And, you two are being together...
JUDITH
Yes, we know each other for about fifteen years and
we're - together, for a bit more than twelve.
DOLLY
Here?
JUDITH
Here, and there - you know, we're artists so we're
kind of cosmopolitan...
JEREMY
Maybe we should have a look at the interior if you don't
mind... Victor?
VICTOR, not moving a bit
Sure.
DOLLY
A moment Victor -, (to Judith:) a what? have you said?
JUDITH, looking at Jeremy
Oh, gosh! (Looking at Dolly:) a cosmopolitan, you know, I'm from everywhere, I belong nowhere...
DOLLY
This is a really old house.
JUDITH
Yes.
JEREMY
We're looking for an old house.
VICTOR
They are looking for some old house, mamma'.
DOLLY
The neighborhood is used to us - do you know what I mean?
Jeremy gets closer to them. He's having nothing to answer Judith's look.
JUDITH
Han, han.
DOLLY
And they are used to us, too. You understand?
JUDITH
I am sure -
JEREMY
We should have a look inside, don't you think, honey?
DOLLY
You two are too young to live here, this is an old house. You need - (she's having a look at her husband and notices the French cancan. To Victor:) They need something else.
JUDITH
We don't really care about the house.
DOLLY
What do you mean? You don't really care about the house?
JUDITH
We're looking forward for your land, though...
DOLLY
Did you know that Victor? For what for?
JUDITH
I beg you pardon?
JEREMY
Let's have a look -
DOLLY
The house's on the land -
JUDITH
It sure is, but we would - eventually - maybe - have it down.
DOLLY
For what for?
JUDITH
We would like to live in an artwork... and...
DOLLY
This house is more an antique than anything else, if you want my opinion; an artwork, did you hear that, Victor?
JEREMY
I'm sure you made it quite comfortable -
DOLLY
The house's on the land and stays on the land!
VICTOR
This house -
JUDITH
Well, we thought - since you were moving...
JEREMY
We don't really know, yet -
DOLLY
This house's too old for you guys.
JUDITH
But your land; we want to build something nice - ah! (The bi-figurer with the boiler takes mud from it, and drops some between Dolly and Judith, just as the word "nice" hits the ground.) Oh, fuck!
As Judith is unsuccesful at getting her words back in her mouth, the bi-figurer again drops mud between Dolly and her, as the word "fuck" falls on the ground.
DOLLY, quite aggresively
You two - go away!
JEREMY, surprised by Dolly's aggressiveness
Yes - it's probably the -
DOLLY, as she's about to push Judith
This house is on the land! My house's on this land!
Victor and Jeremy move in as Judith and Dolly are getting closer to a fight.
JUDITH
It is falling apart! (Victor moves toward her, his hands in front him at Judith's breasts height. To Victor:) Don't you!
JEREMY, in the middle of the fight
Hold on everyone.
Dolly starts to hit Victor. Judith's busy with him too, but she's looking at Dolly. Jeremy tries to keep Dolly out of Judith's reach. The two bi-figurers quit the action, and exit the stage left.
JUDITH, as Jeremy's and her get to the car
So long mudders!
DOLLY
You bitch!
JEREMY, hurrying Judith to get in the car with him
Judith - let's -
JUDITH
Did you hear that?
DOLLY, to Victor
You bastard!
JUDITH
You bitch!
JEREMY
Let's go Judith - (to himself:) this is ridiculous...
Dolly is still ready to fight. Lightning are being seen and the thunder is being heard. Jeremy drives the car out as the other bi-figurers are putting down the house. Judith is still pissed. One of the bi-figurer, dressed like an evil kid, crosses the stage, from the right to the left. He holds a sign like those we see during strikes.
EVIL KID 1, having old timer newspapers yellers' manners
House to sell! House to sell! House to sell! House to sell!
Dolly moves in front of Judith.
The bi-figurer with the boiler starts to play
with her hands in the mud, while the one on the pair
of steps starts the execution of a French Cancan.
JUDITH - Here, and there - you know, we're artists so we're kind
of cosmopolitan...