MILLIE. And 'tis "No" that I shall say.

[Curtain.]



ACT I.--Scene 2.



It is dusk on the same evening.

MILLIE is standing by the table folding up the silken cloak. ANNET
sits watching her, on her knees lies a open parcel disclosing a
woollen shawl. In a far corner of the room MAY is seated on a stool
making a daisy chain.

ANNET. 'Twas very good of Uncle to bring me this nice shawl, Millie.

MILLIE. You should have had a cloak like mine, Annet, by rights.

ANNET. I'm not going to get married, Millie.

MILLIE. [Sitting down with a sudden movement of despondence and
stretching her arms across the table.] O don't you speak to me of
that, Annet. 'Tis more than I can bear to-night.

ANNET. But, Millie, he's coming for your answer now. You musn't let
him find you looking so.