CATHERINE. Do you think he could have seen Uncle Peter?

PETER. [Pointing to the desk.] William!

WILLIAM. Look! … [Points to the picture.] That's what I wanted to show you when you were upstairs.

CATHERINE. [Seeing the picture.] It's his mother—Annamarie.

MRS. BATHOLOMMEY. The Lord save us—his mother! I didn't know you'd heard from Annamarie.

CATHERINE. We haven't.

MRS. BATHOLOMMEY. Then how'd that picture get into the house?

PETER. Ah! I knew she'd begin! Now that she's wound up, we shall get at the truth.

MRS. BATHOLOMMEY. It's a new picture. She's much changed. How ever did it find its way here?

CATHERINE. I never saw it before. It's very strange…. We've all been waiting for news of her. Even her mother doesn't know where she is, or— could Marta have received this since I—