Helen

You don't know me. Good-by!

Ernest

Very well!

[Ernest, afraid to stay, goes at once. She waits motionless until she hears the automobile carrying him away. She immediately turns from stone to tears, with a low wail. In utter despair, hands outstretched she sinks down upon a bench and buries her face in her hands.

Helen

Oh, Ernest!... How could you?

[Lucy, Theodore, Judge and John all hurry back, all excited.

Theodore

Did you see his horrified look?