Andrew. Annet!
Elizabeth. [Is heard calling.] There, father, come along down and give your face a wash at the pump.
May. Let’s go quick together into the garden, Andrew, and I’ll tell you all about it and how ’twas that Annet acted so.
[She seizes Andrew’s hand and pulls him out of the room with her.
[Curtain.]
ACT III.—Scene 2.
A few minutes later.
Elizabeth stands tying her bonnet strings before a small mirror on the wall. Daniel is mopping his face with a big, bright handkerchief. Annet, dressed for church, is by the table. She sadly takes up the nosegay of flowers which Andrew brought for Millie, and moves her hand caressingly over it.
Elizabeth. If you think that your neckerchief is put on right ’tis time you should know different, Father.
Daniel. What’s wrong with it then, I’d like to know?