10:00 P.M. The gym. Tony enters and is momentarily embraced by Riff, who is delighted that his best friend did turn up. The dance builds wilder and wilder, until, at the peak, everybody is dancing and shouting. "Go, Mambo!" It is at this moment that Tony and Maria-at opposite sides of the hall-see each other. TONY You're not thinking I'm someone else? MARIA I know you are not. TONY Or that we have met before? MARIA I know we have not. TONY I felt, I knew something-never-before was going to happen, had to happen. But this is- [The music bursts out, the lights flare up, and Bernardo is upon them in an icy rage.] BERNARDO Go home, "American." TONY Slow down, Bernardo. BERNARDO Stay away from my sister! TONY ...Sister? [Riff steps up.] BERNARDO [to Maria] Couldn't you see he's one of them?
10:00 P.M. The gym. Tony enters and is momentarily embraced by Riff, who is delighted that his best friend did turn up. The dance builds wilder and wilder, until, at the peak, everybody is dancing and shouting. "Go, Mambo!" It is at this moment that Tony and Maria-at opposite sides of the hall-see each other. TONY You're not thinking I'm someone else? MARIA I know you are not. TONY Or that we have met before? MARIA I know we have not. TONY I felt, I knew something-never-before was going to happen, had to happen. But this is- [The music bursts out, the lights flare up, and Bernardo is upon them in an icy rage.] BERNARDO Go home, "American." TONY Slow down, Bernardo. BERNARDO Stay away from my sister! TONY ...Sister? [Riff steps up.] BERNARDO [to Maria] Couldn't you see he's one of them?
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