SCENE 2.—The same place and the same hour.
Enter MRS. SECORD.
After a weary day the evening falls
With gentle benison of peace and rest.
The deep'ning dusk draws, like a curtain, round,
And gives the soul a twilight of its own;
A soft, sweet time, full of refreshing dews,
And subtle essences of memory
And reflection. O gentle peace, when—
Enter PETE, putting his head in at the door.