AXEL. So that's your faith in me!—Will you sit down for a moment, then, while I go in and write a couple of letters?
CECILIA. Am I to sit here alone, with all the doors open?
AXEL. Well, don't lock the door, for then we are utterly lost. [He goes out to the left.
CECILIA. Don't be long!
She goes up to the door leading to the hallway and turns the key in the lock.
NINTH SCENE
CECILIA alone for a moment. Then MARIE enters.
CECILIA. Wasn't the door locked?
MARIE. Not as far as I could see!—So it was meant to be locked?