The Stage represents the Deacon’s room, as in Tableau I. Fire light. 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.
Doctor (looking at door). The strange thing is . . . the bolt.