DAN (rising): Anything you say, mother o' mine…. Will you have your medicine in your room as well, eh?

MRS. BRAMSON: Yes, dear…. Olivia, you never got a new bottle yesterday!

DAN (as he wheels her into her bedroom): I got it to-day while you were with the chap…. Popped in at the chemist's.

MRS. BRAMSON: Oh, thank you, dear. The one by the mortuary?… Oh, my back…. Nurse!…

Her voice is lost in the bedroom. The daylight begins to fade. The church bells die away.

DORA: My sister says all this is wearin' me to a shadow.

OLIVIA: It is trying, isn't it?

DORA: You look that worried, too, Miss Grayne.

OLIVIA: Do I?

DORA: As if you was waiting for something to 'appen.