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Act 2, Scene 10


Golygfa 10

Daw'r ymwelydd yn ei ôl. Mae ganddo gamera neu ffôn-gamera yn ei law ac â ati i dynnu lluniau'r capel.

Wedi ysbaid daw'r tywysydd o'i ôl.

Ymwelydd

Did you get hold of her?

Tywysydd

Yes. She can't come up though, unfortunately. She fell last week – going into Spar. Still feeling a bit shaky.

Ymwelydd

Oh, dear. That's the worst with old age. Didn't break anything, did she?

Tywysydd

No-no. Just shaky. That's why she wasn't here last Sunday, I suppose. I should have thought.

Ymwelydd

Could I call with her, d'you think?

Tywysydd

Oh, yes. By all means. Although...



Ennyd.

Ymwelydd

Nervous of strangers?

Tywysydd

No-no, it's not that. It's... well... She told me what she knows – what she remembers about Mrs. Jones, Tŷ Capel – Chapel House.

Ymwelydd

My great-grandmother. Yes. Well, that's just it, you see.



Ennyd.

Tywysydd

Look, how do you know... Why do you say she's your great-grandmother – Mrs. Jones?

Ymwelydd

Well – because she was. The letters – you've seen the letters. From gra'ma to her – her mother.

Tywysydd

Yes. I can see that... well, that it looks like that.

Ymwelydd

Looks like that?

Tywysydd

Have you looked at the records – your grandmother's birth certificates – things like that?

Ymwelydd

(Hanner chwerthin.) No! I've only just started taking an interest, really – as I said.

Tywysydd

Mm. Well, perhaps it would've been better if you'd done a bit of checking first – before coming all the way here.

Ymwelydd

Look – what are you saying. That gran'ma Mati wasn't my gran'ma?

Tywysydd

No. What I'm saying – what Mrs Williams told me on the phone was that Mrs. Jones Tŷ Capel – Chapel House - wasn't her mother.



(Ennyd.)

Tywysydd

Wasn't your great-grandmother.

Ymwelydd

You sure?

Tywysydd

Sorry, but yes. She's quite certain. She remembers Mati – your grandmother – well, remembers her coming to the chapel here when she was on holiday. Always stayed at the Marine, she said.

Ymwelydd

Marine?

Tywysydd

The hotel – Aberystwyth. She'd done well for herself, hadn't she?

Ymwelydd

Oh yes. Yes. Sister Jones by the time she met gra'mpa. But – those letters...

Tywysydd

Mrs. Jones Tŷ Capel didn't have a daughter. Just a son.

Ymwelydd

A son!

Tywysydd

With your grandmother's things, were there any letters from someone called Ifan – Evan-John?

Ymwelydd

Evan John? – No. Don't remember that name at all. Should there've been?

Tywysydd

Perhaps not. Once she'd made the break. Gone to Birmingham. It was Birmingham she went to to start with, wasn't it?

Ymwelydd

Yes. Who was this Evan John then? Is he related to me?

Tywysydd

Could have been – in a way – were it not for Lloyd George.

Ymwelydd

Lloyd George?

Tywysydd

Lloyd George. Lord Kitchener. Pryce Gogerddan. All those who drew them in and sent them off.

Ymwelydd

I see. Were it not for the war, I could have been Welsh!

Tywysydd

Sort of.



Ennyd.

Ymwelydd

So gra'ma wasn't Mrs. Jones' daughter.

Tywysydd

No. She wasn't.

Ymwelydd

She wasn't related to her at all. That's... well...



Ennyd.

Ymwelydd

D'you think we could call by Mrs. Williams – would you mind? Get the whole story. There's so much to sort out in my head.

Tywysydd

Of course. Of course.



Y ddau yn symud i fynd.

Yn ymyl y drws, mae'r ymwelydd yn sefyll yn sydyn.

Ymwelydd

This Evan John – what happened to him? Did he make it? Get back?

Tywysydd

I don't know, sorry. We'll have to ask Mrs. Williams. She'll know – if anyone knows.



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