Vera.

[After a pause.] And have you never doubted him?

Elizabeth.

Vera, how could I doubt? Why, if I had doubted him then I should have hated him; if I doubted him now I should die! [Vera shudders.

Vera.

Shut out that ghastly moonlight! [Elizabeth rises and draws the curtain. Vera goes up to her, and they sit together.] Let me come closer to you. Tell me it all again.

Elizabeth.

Tell what again? Poor child, I have suffered all that you have, and more.

Vera.