Glen Smith's Diary (Page 57)

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SFX:
DO-O-ONG
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Elizabeth's Narration:
In those dark days came a little happiness—the marriage of my eldest daughter, Julietta, blessed and full of love…
Note:
June 1921
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Elizabeth's Narration:
But the young couple—
Julietta:
Mama, I love you.
Elizabeth:
Hurry, board the train. You'll miss it.
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Elizabeth's Narration:
moved to a faraway town on the Rhine.
Julietta:
Mama! Mama, I love you!
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Anna:
…Mama, I am with you, I will stay with you for the rest of my life. I won't go off like Papa or my big sisters did. I won't leave you alone.
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Elizabeth:
No, you have to leave one day, Anna, someday, as a bride.
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Elizabeth:
…just as Mama followed Papa.


Here is another example of cinematic effect: the toll of the church bells makes a cross-fade from a funeral toll to a wedding toll as we transition from the previous page to this page.