F. There is none, but it is evidently a lady’s hand. What do you think of it?
F. I think I shall start for Ballardvale to-morrow.
E. That’s a wise conclusion. You will be back by Christmas, I doubt not. Probably by that time you will have become a practical farmer.
F. (absently). Time will show.
(Curtain falls.)
Scene III.—Sitting-room at Mr. Leighton’s. Time, evening. Mrs. Leighton, C., Annie, R., and Frank, L., present. Frank is dressed in a coarse suit. Mrs. L. is knitting.
Mrs. Leighton. Well, Mr. Forrester, how do you like your first day’s experience on a farm?
F. Very much, indeed. But, you know, I have not had any work to do yet. Mr. Leighton, unlike most employers, has given me a vacation to start with.
Mrs. L. He wishes you to have a little time in which to look around first.
Annie (smiling). You find the hour for rising a little earlier here than in the city, I suppose.