[Looking around and embracing her in turn.] Nellie! [He drams her down upon his knee in spite of her gentle resistance. HELEN weeps under his kisses.] Don't cry, Nellie! Why are you crying so?
HELEN
Why? Oh, if I knew!… I keep thinking that I won't find you here. Just now I had such a fright …
LOTH
But why?
HELEN
Because I heard you go out of your room—Oh, and my sister—we poor, poor women!—oh, she's suffering too much!
LOTH
The pain is soon forgotten and there is no danger of death.