Lincoln: What's the time?
Hay (looking at the watch): Six o'clock, sir.
GRANT comes in.
Grant: Good-morning, sir; good-morning, Hay.
Lincoln: Good-morning, general.
Hay: Good-morning, sir.
Grant: I didn't disturb you last night. A message has just come from Meade. Lee asked for an armistice at four o'clock.
Lincoln (after a silence): For four years life has been but the hope of this moment. It is strange how simple it is when it comes. Grant, you've served the country very truly. And you've made my work possible.
He takes his hand.
Thank you.