Dunn. Eh?
Nio. Into stone!
Dunn. Not that! You’ll have to go to school, and learn the Piano, and the Alphabet.
Nio. Alphabet—Ah! (action with hands) Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta.
Dunn. (rises) Very likely! But that doesn’t get over the difficulty of what is going to be done with you; and look at it as we will you cannot remain here.
Nio. (R. C.; after slight pause) I have no friends! No home! Where can I go?
Dunn. Your case has not been altogether unprovided for; as there is a home for lost dogs, so also is there an asylum for ladies in distress.
Nio. Can I go out into a vicious world in direst ignorance of all its ways?
Dunn. Oh, I don’t suppose it’s any worse than it was in your time. (Niobe sobs) You’re quite right, you can’t, and it would be brutal to send you out, at this time of night too.
Niobe sits on front of pedestal.