_They go out.
The queen looks over at the dead man lying on the steps between the torches, and gradually her face softens. She goes over slowly, and kneels by his side, gazing on him. She kisses his mouth, and then rises, goes slowly to the arbour, and sits down. She looks away, and her face becomes hard again.
A sound of trumpets and shouting, the menacing prelude of war, is heard outside_.
ENIGMA
A DOMESTIC CONVERSATION
To THEODORE DREISER
"Enigma" was first presented at the Liberal Club, New York City, in 1915.
A man and woman are sitting at a table, talking in bitter tones.
SHE. So that is what you think.
HE. Yes. For us to live together any longer would be an obscene joke.
Let's end it while we still have some sanity and decency left.