But she isn't there....
Cousin Fanny isn't there.
... She's here.... She's over here with us... over here with us!
Mary Thinker
Here with us... over here, forever, now.
Mary Speaker
[Holding
John Speaker's hand and gazing at vacant chair.]
How beautiful she looks! She is at rest, now! She is better off so. Better dead. She is better at peace!
John Thinker
[Violently; starting towards other room.]
My God. I'm going to stop it... stop it... stop that lying... stop it at any cost.... I'm going to stop that pretending... that damned pretending....