Dowager.
Katherine!
[There is a general expression of astonishment, and Lady Twombley sinks upon the settee.]
END OF THE SECOND ACT.
THE THIRD ACT.
Disaster.
The scene is the inner hall at Drumdurris Castle, Perthshire, leading on one side to the outer hall, and on the other to the picture gallery. It is solidly and comfortably furnished, and a fire is burning in the grate of the large oaken fireplace. It is an afternoon in August.
Imogen is sitting at the table reading over a letter she has written.