CROSBY. Now I'm sure she can't get away.
(MASON _inspects knot._)
MASON. So am I.
(_The men resume their places._)
ROSALIE. Well, now, if you will all sit down, please-- (_Pause._)
You will have to reach over and take my hands this time--are you all
satisfied now? Is there anything more you want me to do? (_There is no
answer._) Then if you will all sit quiet, just keep your minds perfectly
free, that is all you 'ave to do. Now, sir, please to turn out the light.
(WILLIAM _turns out the light._)
(_There is a long pause._ ROSALIE _moans and whispers as if in pain._)
HELEN. I can't stand this, I--
WALES. Please keep still--she asked us to keep still.
(ROSALIE _moans again; after a short pause, she gives a choking sob;
another pause. Finally she speaks with frequent pauses, using the
voice of a little child._)
ROSALIE. Laughing Eyes is sad, very sad. I a ma long way off--a long
way. (_Pause._) Bad people, bad people, un'appy--he is un'appy--
(_Pause._) (_Knife is set down in sight of audience, sticking in the
ceiling._) Spencer wants to tell Ned-- (_She moans heavily._) It
hurts--terrible--like a knife--it burns--burns, in the back--
(_A man's voice from the chesterfield, facing fireplace, speaks:_)
VOICE. Ned, I want Ned--why in _Hell_ doesn't Ned answer?
ROSALIE (_in child's voice_).
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