Part 66 (1/2)

(_He stands staring at the door_)

MRS. EGERTON.

(_Wonderingly_)

It wasn't our son! It wasn't our son!

(_The cannon are heard in volley upon volley as of a town giving itself up to celebration_)

EGERTON.

(_Calls into the room, left_)

Tell him to go right down, that probably There'll be an attack upon it.

GLADYS EGERTON.

(_Shaken with sobs_)

Think of it!

MRS. EGERTON.

(_As before_)

That gleam about his brow! And now he's gone!

(_She wanders back in the hall as in a dream_)

EGERTON.

And to see Chadbourne----Are you listening?

VOICE OF GEORGE.

Yes.

EGERTON.

To Chadbourne that he has authority from me-- From Egerton, to treat them all alike.

MRS. EGERTON.

(_Vacantly, to her husband_)

What have you done, Donald!

EGERTON.