[Turns away L.
Miss Woodward.
Mr. Parbury very kindly and very properly advised me to go home for a time—[She comes down to Mrs. Parbury and speaks to her alone]—and I—I descended to your level—I cried!
Quick Curtain.
END OF ACT III.
ACT IV
Scene.—Same as Acts I. and II.
Same day as Act III.
[Upon the curtain rising, Miss Woodward is discovered at the desk. A luncheon gong is immediately heard. Miss Woodward looks up and listens for a moment, then shrugs her shoulders and resumes her work. She opens a drawer of the desk, glances at its contents, and then writes.]
Miss Woodward.