The Open Door
The Stage represents the Deacon’s room, as in Tableau I. Firelight. Stage dark. A pause. Then knocking at the door, C. Cries without of “Willie!” “Mr. Brodie!” The door is burst open
SCENE I
Doctor, Mary, a Maidservant with lights
Doctor. The apartment is unoccupied.
Mary. Dead, and he not here!
Doctor. The bed has not been slept in. The counterpane is not turned down.
Mary. It is not true; it cannot be true.
Doctor. My dear young lady, you must have misunderstood your brother’s language.
Mary. O no; that I did not. That I am sure I did not.