ACT III
I remember it all slipping away, the pain and everything. I wasn’t unconscious, but just . . . at peace. That’s how it is when I’m with her.
Jenny : Yes, Chris.
Chris : Where is she? She’s late, surely.
Jenny : She'll be here soon. You haven’t forgotten, Chris . . . that Dr. Gilbert Anderson is coming to-day?
Chris : Is he?
Jenny : He’s here now, in the library with Kitty.
Chris : He won’t keep me long, will he? I mustn’t miss Margaret.
Jenny : She’ll wait for you, Chris.
[Kitty comes in R.
Kitty : Chris, the doctor wants to see you. He’s in the library.
Chris : All right, I’ll come. (He rises.) You won't let her go away, Jenny?
Jenny : Of course not, Chris.
Chris : All right, then. Shan’t be long.
[He goes to the door and puts the dog down.
Run along, Confucius. [The dog runs out.
Kitty : I’ll take you, Chris. By the way, Jenny, will you tell Mrs. Grey the doctor would like to see her too?
[They go out together.
Jenny is left alone. She wanders around wretchedly
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