A Hay Loft

GIULIETTA
What was that?

ALEX (sitting up)
What?

GIULIETTA
There.
Listen.

ALEX (gets up and looks around)
There's nothing there. I suppose it must have been a rat.

GIULIETTA
So what do you propose to do, then?
Get married while she's still at school?
Tell her now.
Don't be cruel.

ALEX
There has to be a way to say it...
Common sense can be so cold...

GIULIETTA
Common sense
Says: be bold...

ALEX
Yes, it's a crime to make her love me --
But surely, it's just as bad to leave her...
And yet, that can be the only answer --
The whole damn thing's got out of hand...

GIULIETTA
The only crime that I'm aware of
Would be to let our moment die --
Tell her now.
Tell her why.

"A memory of a happy moment,
That's what this time will one day be" --
Tell her that.
Then you're free.

ALEX
Will you still be here when I get back?

GIULIETTA
Yes. But don't be too long, Alex. Don't be too long.