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Judithis Jerry’s wife. She never appears on stage, and Jerry seems to think little about her. When Emma reveals that she saw Judith out with someone at a restaurant, Jerry feels a surge of jealousy—illogical enough, given his own extended affair. Jerry believes that Judith never finds out about his cheating. He has reason to believe Judith is having an affair of her own, but he displays a general unwillingness to explore the question. The audience cannot know whether Judith indeed remains ignorant of Jerry’s infidelity, or whether Jerry’s assurance merely reflects another instance of his reluctance to think about unpleasant things.
Judith Quotes in Betrayal
The Betrayal quotes below are all either spoken by Judith or refer to Judith . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Scene 1
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JERRY: The funny thing was that the only thing I really felt was irritation, I mean irritation that nobody gossiped about us like that, in the old days. I nearly said, now look, she may be having the occasional drink with Casey, who cares, but she and I had an affair for seven years and none of you bastards had the faintest idea it was happening.
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EMMA: I wonder. I wonder if everyone knew, all the time.
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Scene 6
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JERRY: Sam fell off his bike […] He was knocked out. He was out for about a minute.
EMMA: Were you with him?
JERRY: No. Judith. He’s all right. And then I got this bug.
JERRY: She was so light. And there was your husband and my wife and all the kids, all standing and laughing in your kitchen. I can’t get rid of it.
EMMA: It was your kitchen, actually.
Scene 8
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JERRY: Ginos? What the hell was she doing at Ginos?
EMMA: She was having lunch. With a woman.
JERRY: A woman?
EMMA: Yes.
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JERRY: Ginos is a long way from the hospital.
EMMA: Of course it isn’t.
JERRY: Well… I suppose not.
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And you?
EMMA: Me?
JERRY: What were you doing at Ginos?
EMMA: Having lunch.
JERRY: Yes, but with who?
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EMMA: My sister.
JERRY: Ah.
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EMMA: Have you ever been unfaithful?
JERRY: To whom?
EMMA: To me, of course.
JERRY: No.
Pause
Have you… to me?
EMMA: No.
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