SOPHY.
He is coming. Do not betray anything! Put away the letter. Put the Bible there before you, so that be may not suspect anything. I will try once more—if he thinks we are going away, he perhaps may yet give in, and we may stay.
SCENE III
The stage is becoming darker and darker.
The FORESTER; SOPHY; MARY.
FORESTER.
William not yet back?
SOPHY.
I have not seen him.
[FORESTER steps to the window, and, lost in thought, drums against the panes. SOPHY begins packing.]