It is dawn. The two women are still in the queue. THE WOMAN is sleeping on the chair. THE LADY stands hovering over her.

LADY: Sister woman.

WOMAN: What is it?

LADY: Are you awake?

WOMAN: NO, I am asleep.

LADY: It's a new day today.

WOMAN: Every day is a new day.

LADY: I feel something very important is going to happen today.

WOMAN: Congratulations.

LADY: For what?

WOMAN: For feeling something important is going to happen today. Now let me sleep, okay?

THE LADY walks around for a few paces, then goes back to THE WOMAN.

LADY: Sister woman.

WOMAN: What now?

LADY: I am sorry I attacked you yesterday.

WOMAN: I understand.

LADY: What do you understand?

WOMAN: Well, I think you were under some kind of pressure.

LADY: You know, one other thing I hate about you, sister woman, is that you always pretend to be some kind of saint. You are a hypocrite. I hate hypocrites, sister woman.

WOMAN: Thank you.

THE LADY wakes THE WOMAN up violently.

LADY: Don't thank me, dammit. Listen, I attacked you. I attacked you for no apparent reason. And all you can say is: T understand’ and ‘Thank you'.

WOMAN: What do you want me to do then?

LADY: Slap me! Kick me! Whatever!

WOMAN: Listen I am tired, and I am not at all prepared to argue with you. Especially at this ungodly hour.

LADY: You are a hypocrite, that's what you are. You are a wishy-washy liberal. And I hate liberals. Come here! [The two women stand facing each other.] Slap me.

WOMAN: What for?

LADY: TO defend yourself.

WOMAN: Against what?

LADY: Against me. I attacked you last night, remember?

WOMAN: That was last night.

LADY: And what did you do about it?

WOMAN: I could have beaten sense into you if I wanted to. In fact the way you have been carrying on, I should have done that a long time ago. But what would be the point?

LADY: There you start patronising me again.

WOMAN: You talk about defending oneself. You don't know a thing about that. Otherwise you'd not be carrying your chair with you everywhere you go.

LADY: What's my chair got to do with it?