Janet. What does it matter to me who you are, so long as you're you? Men are so unpractical. You can be the Shah of Persia if you like—I don't mind.
Carve. But aren't you convinced now?
(Voice off: "Butcher.")
Janet. (With an enigmatic smile at Carve.) Coming! Coming!
(Exit.)
(The stage is darkened to indicate the passage of several months.)
SCENE 2
Time.—Before daylight on a morning in February. Fire burning in grate. Also a speck of gas. Otherwise it is dark.
Carve is discovered reposing-in an easy-chair. Enter Janet with a candle.