Amen.
(Joan stands lost in her own thoughts. The children creep behind her toward the window.)
Mary. Good-night, snowman!
Matthew. Good-night!
(They approach Joan.)
Mary. Good-night, mother!
Joan. Good-night, darling!
Matthew. Night, mother.
Joan. Night-night, my dear,—night-night!
(Mary Ann goes and opens cubby-bed and begins to climb in. Matthew stops outside.)