MRS. FLAMM

What I said, Rose, stands for all that! You two'll always be provided for.

ROSE

[Whispering mechanically.] I was so ashamed! I was so ashamed!

MRS. FLAMM

Do you hear what I say, Rose?—[ROSE hurries out.] The girl's gone!—'Tis enough to make one pray for an angel to come down….

FLAMM

[Stricken to the heart, breaks out in repressed sobbing.] God forgive me, mother, but … I can't help it.

THE CURTAIN FALLS

FIFTH ACT