- It’s time to pray to fireflies –
Elizabeth is married with Gifford, and has a daughter with him, Rita.
Elizabeth is in Porgett’s
too and finds a shiny dress that she buys. Later on, she realizes that it was
tighter than in the store.
She believes that Gifford cannot resist a temptation like that
but, he did not really say anything, and she felt that she was invisible.
He is maybe worried about the Company, but, after
weeks of silence, she notices that he is disappearing; his skin is being
fragile and the veins can be easily seen.
One day in the ballet, while attending the Stravinsky’s
Firebird, she felt that he was disappearing, and in the daily routine, while
having breakfast, for instance, he becomes invisible or even blurred.
She tries to find a reason for this phenomenon. She
asks him what he thinks when he is disappearing or why he disappears, but he
has no answer. On the other hand, she is worried because she believes that if
anything is done, he will disappear once and for all.
When being the 25 th anniversary,
she wore the extremely nice dress that makes her look like a young woman, but
Gifford did not notice anything. She called him and he smiled; she thought that
he has remembered the date and she went down the stairs and embraced him, when
she finally discovered that his heart is shining.
In the end,
she asked him if he liked her dress and he disappeared.
[Summary] [Relationships]
Academic year
2008/2009
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés López
© Diana Descalzo Conde
diades@alumni.uv.es
Universitat de València Press