[Goes to Dan and takes his hand]: I wonder if you're the failure, after all. [Returns to the door.] Good-night! [He exits.]

[Dan takes his pipe from his pocket and puts it in his mouth. Some chimes, in the distance, begin the anthem "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." Daniel goes up, draws back the curtains, and throws open the window. Mary Margaret, feeling the fresh air, draws her furs about her, happily. She turns up. Daniel is standing with his left arm akimbo. Mary Margaret slips her head through it, and nestles to him. They ... and we ... see the chimney pots, and the blue night sky, and one bright star.]

Mary Margaret

Mr. Gilchrist! Is that the Star of Bethlehem?

Daniel

I wonder. [The chimes swell out, and

the curtain falls


Transcriber's Notes
Pages [73], [150]: Original book used multi-line braces to indicate [Together] lines.