Charity (puts her hand on his shoulder). Pause ere you speak. He is dying; he has sinned: leave his punishment to a higher Power. Here, where our hearts are warm with gratitude for a blessed deliverance, curse not, but forgive as we all hope to be forgiven!
Tableau.—With her left hand on his shoulder, Bragg slowly sinks to his knees; her other hand is pointed up. Thornton feebly raises his head, and follows her hand. Harry sits in chair, l., with his arm about Jessie, who kneels at his side, looking at Thornton; Stub extreme l. John Maynard with his wife stand r., 2d entrance; Kitty on bench; Tom leaning on back of bench, looking at Thornton. Slow curtain; music:—
"In the sweet by and by," &c.
Transcriber's Notes
Retained author's use of lowercase words at the beginning of some sentences.