Part 18 (2/2)

[PAUL RUTTLEDGE _has raised himself on his elbow and is looking at_ SABINA SILVER.

_Sabina Silver._ He knows me. I was sure he would know me.

_Paul Ruttledge._ Colman, Colman, remember always where there is nothing there is G.o.d. [_He sinks down again._

_One of the Crowd._ [_Coming back with two or three others._] I knew they must be in the rocks.

_Charlie Ward._ Well, he's gone! There'll soon be none of us left at all. And I never knew what it was he did that brought him to us.

_Sabina Silver._ Oh, Paul, Paul!

[_Begins to keen very low, swaying herself to and fro._

_One of the Crowd._ [_To_ CHARLIE WARD.] Was he a friend of yours?

_Charlie Ward._ He was, indeed. I must do what I can for him now.

_One of the Crowd._ That's natural, that's natural. It's a pity they did it. They'd best have left him alone. We'd best be going back to the town.

[SABINA SILVER _raises the keen louder. The_ Strangers _and_ CHARLIE WARD _take off their hats._

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