(A year passes between Acts III and IV.)
ACT IV.
Scene: The same.
Time: Afternoon of January 1st, 1908.
Enter Lucas, followed by Criddle. Lucas has his left collar-bone broken, and his arm is strapped across his breast; his coat is buttoned loosely over the arm, the left sleeve hanging down.
Lucas. They've gone to meet me?
Criddle. Yes, sir.
Lucas. By the road?
Criddle. Yes, sir.