Vance. It is done! (Herb. grasping side staggers.)
Pay S. My God, he is dying. (Seizes Herb.’s arm and leads him to bed, R.)
Flo. (Clings to him at other side.) Herbert! my poor brother! Speak! Herbert! (Throws herself on cot, seizing his hands.)
Vance. (Who has stood like a statue, drops pistol mechanically, like a man stricken.) Her brother! Oh God, too late!
Tableau.
| Herb. on cot; Flo. bending over him; Vance L. with right hand on table, head drooping; Rogers back of table regarding him; Grouse R. C. regarding Vance. |
Curtain.
ACT III.
Scene—Reception room of tourist hotel, Florida; folding doors in flat C.; piano by wall, R.; settee by wall, L., table C. littered with old periodicals, and some oranges in basket; R. R., and steamship advts. on the walls; chairs ad lib; big ox horns, stuffed bird, alligator, or other familiar hotel trapping. If not convenient to have door in flat, entrance may be at either side, by re-arrangement of furniture. Doors always open. Florence and Rachel discovered as curtain rises.