Philadelphia, Here I Come!

Described what happened during the visit of the America (aunt lizzy, Uncle con and ben Burton) to the o'donnell household.

Described what happened during the visit of the America (aunt lizzy, Uncle con and ben Burton) to the household

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In a flashback, we see the day when Lizzy, Con and Ben Burton came to Ireland to visit. Lizzy tells a long-winded story about when she was young that prominently features Maire, Gar's mother. Easily distracted, Lizzy has a hard time getting through the story and eventually tells Gar about Ben, their friend they met when they moved to the United States in 1937. Ben gave them an apartment and some money when they first moved, they tell Gar.

Soon enough, Lizzy gets back to the story, which pertains to her mother thinking that all her daughters should marry storeowners, since Maire did. In the middle of the story, she questions why S.B. will not meet with her. Con reminds her that S.B. is away at Kate Doogan's wedding. As they laugh and joke, Madge comes in, clearly disapproving of the guests. Con asks Gar to consider taking the job in America, and Lizzy encourages him to come over, as he is her only nephew and the son of her sister, Maire.

Ben and Con try and get Lizzy to finish her story about the day of Maire's wedding, but Lizzy ends up crying, reminded of all of her siblings' deaths. She soon snaps out of it and they keep drinking. Con and Lizzy tell Gar more about their apartment and all the money they have made in America, ending with a sob: "And it's all so Gawd-awful because we have no one to share it with us..." Suddenly, Gar suggests that he wants to go to America, a surprise even to Private Gar. She embraces him and calls him her son

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