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the matter unended. Before the end there is much to be undone. Until you are quite forgotten, my son, you will not be finished with the earth—even though you are dead. The Second [Very gently.] Come. [The music begins again. All three exit at back, Liliom leading, the others following. The stage is empty and quite dark save for the candle which burns by the stretcher, on which, in the shadows, the covers are so arranged that one cannot quite be sure that a body is not still lying. The music dies out in the distance as if it had followed Liliom and the two Policemen. The candle flickers and goes out. There is a brief interval of silence and total darkness before
The Curtain Falls
