BEYOND THE HORIZON
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forces out falteringly:] I—you—we’ve both made such a mess of things! We must try to help each other—and—in time—we’ll come to know what’s right to do——— [Desperately.] And perhaps we——— [But Ruth, if she is aware of his words, gives no sign. She remains silent, gazing at him dully with the sad humility of exhaustion, her mind already sinking back into that spent calm beyond the further troubling of any hope.]
[The Curtain Falls]
