ming an American Citizen. Beatrice is a loving and caring woman and wants to see everyone happy and settled. She thinks that this is possible because Eddie has shown himself to be a good family man caring for her and Catherine.
             She eventually realises that this is not going to happen because of Eddie's obsession with Catherine. She has lost Eddie's attention as a husband. She notes this in her comment to Eddie:
             'When am I going to be a wife again Eddie?' (Act 1 pp35-36)
             It is the intrusion into Eddie's life of the two men that stirs Eddie's 'patriotism'. He feels that these two European's, particularly coming from a country that opposed the USA in the War should be able to
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