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This act is titled "Walpurgisnacht." This word is German and refers to the night before May Day (the first day of May) when witches are supposed to meet together and create havoc. Anything called a "Walpurgisnacht" is supposed to have a nightmarish quality. This term relates to the second act of Albee's play because the games among the guests become intense and escalate quickly

George is sitting and Nick returns. Martha is making coffee in the other room. Honey has been sick but is feeling better. George and Martha have stopped bickering for now. They discuss what they have been arguing about. Nick appears to have been uncomfortable with it. Nick and George nearly get into a fight because George is annoyed at Nick's self-righteousness.

NICK If you and your...wife...want to go at each other, like a couple of... GEORGE //I//! I want to! NICK ...animals, I don't see why you don't do it when there aren't any... GEORGE (//Laughing through his anger//) Why, you smug, self-righteous little...

George asks if Honey throws up a lot, but Nick says that she gets sick quite easily. Nick tells George out-of-the-blue that he married Honey because she was pregnant. It turned out to be a false alarm.

NICK ...It was a hyserical pregnancy. She blew up, and then she went down. GEORGE And while she was up, you married her. NICK And then she went down. (//They both laugh, and are a little surprised that they do.//)

The men discuss Honey's pregnancies, Martha's lack of pregnancies, and that Nick is getting a little "testy". Martha returns from making coffee and George and Martha start insulting each other in French. GEORGE //Monstre!// MARTHA //Cochon!// GEORGE //Bete!// MARTHA //Canaille!// GEORGE //Putain!//

Martha leaves. Nick and George continue talking about things in their life. Honey's father has a lot of money from being a preacher and Martha's father has a lot of money because he steals from the school and his second wife has a lot of money. George sees Nick as a threat to his position. Nick comments that Martha is one of the most powerful women as the daughter of the president of the University. NICK He...my father-in-law...was called by God when he was six, or something, and he started preaching, and he baptized people, and he saved them, and he traveled around a lot, and he became pretty famous...not like some of them, but he became pretty famous...and when he died, he had a lot of money.

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