28) One month later.
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29) Here, the women’s group meets in the
home of Dolores. They discuss how lite in
the village has improved now that there is an
overnight jail for drunks and tess selling of
illegal liquor. With their new-found strength
and unity, the women are discussing other
local problems and what they can do about
them.
30) Just as they are
commenting on how
few drunks there have
been lately, along
come two men,
singing loudly. They
are At Cole and
Whiskey, drunk again.
31) They stagger into the women’s meeting,
interrupting with loud, rude insults. They
knock Trisiina down because they are angry
about how hard it is to buy alcohol now.
32) The women’s group
goes at once lo the mayor
arid demands that the two
drunks be thrown into jail until
they sober up. The mayor
protests, saying that they are
his buddies. But the women
remind him of their agreement
and their threat to have him
removed from office.