I've got no excuse, only I _love_ you! You'll
forgive me when I'm gone, won't you, Jack? You'll know I _loved_
you!--loved you so I couldn't _live_ without you!--loved you!--_loved_
you! [_She kisses the photograph tenderly, adoringly, slowly, in
tears._] Loved--you--loved you!--loved--
[_Her head drops forward, as_
THE CURTAIN FALLS
SCENE II
_The same morning, three hours later. The curtain rises on the same
scene in a dull, cold, early morning light. The lamp has burnt itself
out. A tiny ray of sunlight steals through a slip between the
curtains. JINNY sits by the table, her arms spread over it and her
head on her arms--she is perfectly still. AUSTIN'S picture is before
her. There is a moment's silence. Voices are heard outside,
approaching door, at Right. Gradually what they say is distinguished._
MAGGIE. No, sir. She hasn't been to bed; I've been to her bedroom--that
door's not unlocked.
TILLMAN. She's been here all night?
MAGGIE. Yes, sir. But twice in the night, sir, I came to the door and
spoke to her and she wouldn't answer me--but I could hear her walking up
and down and sometimes talking to herself.
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