No corpse lies here that it should be so dark.

(Girl, moving as in a trance, lights candles with a brand from the fireplace. Often she glances expectantly at the window. The place is fully illumined.)

What ails the hussy?

Father

‘Tis a crazy lark

Sings in her head all day. Don’t be too rough.

Come twenty winters, ‘twill be still enough,

God knows!

Mother

(At the fireplace.)