[Sotto voce_.]
Shall I not call the family? I think
Mary and Grace must both be very cold;
And they know nothing of this strange affair.
I'll wait them at the landing, and secure
Their silent entrance.
David.
If it please you—well.
[PRUDENCE retires, and returns with
GRACE and MARY.]
Mary.
Why! We heard nothing of it—Grace and I:—
What a cadaverous hand! How blue and thin!
David.
At his first wild awaking he bemoaned
His fancied durance in a hospital;
And since he spoke so strangely, I have thought
He may have fled a mad-house. Matters not!
We've done our duty, and preserved his life.
Mary.