That was a sign. Crying: bad news. That's us. Those devils are up there watching. He's telling them we're onto him.
That was a sign. ....... we're onto him.
Reference
(i) Drama: The Sea
(ii) Dramatist: Edward Bond
Context
(i) Occurrence: Scene III
(ii) Content: A tempestuous storm shakes a small East Anglian seaside village, and Willy is trying to save his friend, Colin. When he sees Evens and Hatch, he does his level best to call them of for help but they refuse. Mrs. Rafi is rehearsing the play she is to perform for raising coast guard fund. At this moment Willy comes to visit her. He tells her in detail what has happened at the sea. Colin's corpse is found eventually. Mrs. Rafi refuses to trade with Hatch, the draper. He, out of desperation, wounds her and runs away from to town believing that aliens from another planet have arrived to invade the city. Mrs. Rafi advises her niece, Colin's fiancee, to go away from the town with Willy. Willy accepts this and goes away with her from the town in search of change.
Explanation
These lines are spoken by Hatch who is mad and is always paranoid by some extraterrestial attack. Quite distant from Willy and Evens, Hatch comes to the beach with Hollarcut to find the dead body of Colin who has drowned into the sea last night. Hatch hallucinates that the corpse of Colin is crying. He considers this 'crying' a bad omen. He envisages that the cadaver of Colin is surrounded by 'devils; monstrous aliens. He deems that the people on the beach are under the surveillance of these aliens. He speculates that the corpse of Colin is telling these aliens about the presence of Earthlings on the beach. In short, Hatch is a victim of astrophobia and is completely obsesed with the invasion of hostile aliens.
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