Beata (struggling with her tears).
And then sit down in the twilight, you and Ellen, quietly, side by side, and talk of all the happiness that is coming to you and of all the good you mean to do. Let it be your hour of consecration. And I shall be with you all the while--feeling your happiness, thinking your thoughts--all through this next hour of my life.--Now go, Norbert. I hear some one coming--it must be your father. I will tell him--go, dear, go.
Norbert.
Aunt Beata! (Kisses her hand.)
Beata.
Your hour of consecration remember that, Norbert. (Norbert goes out.)
Enter Richard.
Richard.
What has happened? You look radiant.
Beata.