Trebell. Want you to ... kiss me just once.

Amy O'Connell. [Yielding.] If I do ... don't let me go mad, will you?

Trebell. Perhaps. [He bends over her, her head drops back.] Now.

Amy O'Connell. Yes!

She kisses him on the mouth. Then he would release her, but suddenly she clings again.

Oh ... don't let me go.

Trebell. [With fierce pride of possession.] Not yet.

She is fragile beside him. He lifts her in his arms and carries her out into the darkness.


THE SECOND ACT