NOCTAH.
Good-night.
[Exit Noctah.
[A moment later there comes the sound of Francois' fiddle, and the same gay group breaks into the room, augmented by Jason and Lucy Brown. They surround Lincoln, who has risen.
TOM.
Now, Abe, you know you like a husking better than anything else.
LINCOLN.
Better than most things, Tom; but not better than all.
[Looks toward his books.
JASON
(coaxing).