(giving him a half crown, she collapses on a sofa)
PATRICK
Thanks, Miss.
DOCTOR
(coming in behind Melida and resting a hand on her shoulder)
Is it done?
MELIDA
Yes, Father.
DOCTOR
And your poor heart?
MELIDA
God and my love for you will give it strength.
(Émeraude brings in a traveling cape and places in on Melida’s shoulders—she hardly notices.)
DOCTOR
Come—let’s hurry the trains leaving.
(Melida falls to both knees.)
ÉMERAUDE
Let her say her prayer—it will bring us luck.
MELIDA
(praying)
My God—you who made the world so grand and who are even grander than the world—give me strength—courage—resignation—make our hearts unite under the immensity of heaven which envelops the universe and reunites our souls—if they succumb to pain.
(soft music accompanies Melida’s prayer. Rising.)
Here I am, Father. Goodbye, Patrick—don’t forget.
PATRICK
Don’t worry, Miss.
DOCTOR
Lean on me, poor reed—
(as they leave)
Goodbye to the past—Greetings to the future.
(he leaves last—followed by Melida)
CURTAIN
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