[Softly.] Is she dead?

[He stands looking at her.]

Is she?

[He turns away from her.]

ROBERT. Fur as I am concerned—yus.

MARY. What do you mean? Isn't she dead?

ROBERT. She's alive, right enough.

MARY. Perhaps—perhaps she ran away? . . .

ROBERT. She got took.

MARY. How do you mean—gypsies?