All right, I'll come.
[He does not lift his head.]
OCEANA. Look at me. It's all right, Hal . . . it's all right.
[She speaks with intensity; they gaze into each other's eyes.]
HENRY. [Stretches out his hand to her.] Oeeana . . . I'm sorry . . .
OCEANA. [With sudden emotion.] No, Hal! Go . . . go quickly! Please!
[He goes out, right, with Letitia; Oceana stands gazing straight
ahead. Sound of sleigh-bells heard. Suddenly she sinks into a chair,
bows her head upon the table, and bursts into tears.]
ETHEL. [Opens door, left, and stands gazing at Oceana in alarm, then
runs to her and sinks upon her knees before her.] Oceana!
OCEANA. [Sobbing.] He's gone! Gone!
ETHEL. He left you?
OCEANA. I gave him up! I sent him away. Oh, Ethel, Ethel . . . what am
I going to do?
ETHEL. Oceana!
OCEANA. Oh, how I loved him! I didn't realize how I loved him! The
whole face of the world was changed . . . and now, now . . . how shall
I bear it? [She stares ahead of her.] Oh, Ethel, tell me I did right
to give him up.
ETHEL. Why did you do it?
OCEANA. I saw he loved her, and I had to give him up. It would have
been to tear his soul in half! But now that he's gone, I don't see how
I can bear it! [A pause; she is lost in thought; she whispers with
great intensity.] There is a vision . . . it haunts me . . . it cries
out in me in a voice of agony!
ETHEL. What?
OCEANA. A little child! You have no idea .
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