EILEEN (dully). So you gained?
MURRAY. Three pounds.
EILEEN. Funny—I lost three. (With a pitiful effort at a smile.) I hope you gained the ones I lost. (Her lips tremble.) So you're surely going away.
MURRAY (his joy fleeing as he is confronted with her sorrow—slowly). It looks that way, Eileen.
EILEEN (in a trembling whisper broken by rising sobs). Oh—I'm so glad—you gained—the ones I lost, Stephen—— So glad! (She breaks down, covering her face with her hands, stifling her sobs.)
MURRAY (alarmed). Eileen! What's the matter? (Desperately.) Stop it! Stanton'll see you!
The Curtain Falls
Act Two: Scene Two
Midnight of the same day. A cross-road near the sanatorium. The main road comes down forward from the right. A smaller road, leading down from the left, joins it towards left centre.