RICHARD.
Goodbye.
[He lets her hand fall and goes out rapidly on the right. Bertha remains sitting. Then she rises and goes timidly towards the porch. She stops near it and, after a little hesitation, calls into the garden.]
BERTHA.
Is anyone out there?
[At the same time she retreats towards the middle of the room. Then she calls again in the same way.]
BERTHA.
Is anyone there?
[Robert appears in the open doorway that leads in from the garden. His coat is buttoned and the collar is turned up. He holds the doorposts with his hands lightly and waits for Bertha to see him.]
BERTHA.
[Catching sight of him, starts back: then, quickly.] Robert!
ROBERT.
Are you alone?
BERTHA.
Yes.
ROBERT.
[Looking towards the door on the right.] Where is he?