[Nell puts a little of the confusion to rights, goes to the door, opens it and looks down the road. She comes into the room, leaving the door open, and, moving about, sings.]
O whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad,
O whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad:
Tho’ father and mother and a’ should gae mad,
O whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad.
[She stands looking at the door for a moment. Then she goes to it, closes and locks it, and puts out the lamp. She goes out by the candlelight of the stairway door, and leaves the scene in darkness, and the music continues as
THE CURTAIN FALLS
SCENE III
At Professor Ferguson’s house in Edinburgh, nearly a year later—in February.