Out of this house _for good_!
[_At the door he turns and looks at her._
JINNY. [_Echoes._] For good?
AUSTIN. _For good!_
[_He goes out, slamming the door behind him._
[_JINNY stands a moment motionless. She then cries faintly--"Jack!"
She goes to the door and pushes it open, crying out again in loud,
strong despair, "Jack!" There is a moment's pause. She cries out
again weakly, heartbrokenly, "Jack!"--comes back into the room, and
throwing herself down on the floor, her head resting on her arms in
the arm-chair, she sobs hysterically, wildly, "What have I done! Dear
God, what have I done!" as_
THE CURTAIN FALLS
ACT IV
Scene I
_Dawn of the next day. At the rise of the curtain JINNY is by the open
window, whose curtains she has thrown aside. The sky is blood-red and
streaked with gold the moment before sunrise. JINNY is worn and
haggard, with hair dishevelled._
JINNY. [_Turning and leaning against the window._] Day at last! What a
night--what a night--but now it's morning and he hasn't come back! He
means it! And it's my own fault--it's my own fault! [_She shivers.
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