DREW--I’ve got to run. Good-bye, Sue. SUE--Good-bye, dear. [_They kiss for the last time and he disappears down the ladder. She stands at the top, sobbing, following him with her eyes._ NAT _comes around the house from the rear and goes to the front door_.] NAT--[_Seeing his sister._] Sue! He hasn’t gone yet, has he? [_She doesn’t hear him. He hesitates in the doorway for a moment, listening for the sound of his father’s voice from inside. Then, very careful to make no noise, he tiptoes carefully into the house._ SUE _waves her hand to_ DREW _who has evidently now got aboard the ship. Then she covers her face with her hands, sobbing_. NAT _comes out of the house again and goes to his sister. As she sees him approaching, she dries her eyes hastily, trying to smile._] SUE--Did you get the doctor, Nat? NAT--Yes, he’s coming right away, he promised. [_Looking at her face._] What--have you been crying? SUE--No. [_She walks away from the edge of the cliff, drawing him with her._] NAT--Yes, you have. Look at your eyes. SUE--Oh, Nat, everything’s so awful! [_She breaks down again._] NAT--[_Trying to comfort her in an absentminded way._] There, don’t get worked up. Ma’ll be all right as soon as the doctor comes. [_Then curiously._] Pa’s inside with her. They were arguing--have they made it up, d’you think? SUE--Oh, Nat, I don’t know. I don’t think so. NAT--The strain’s been too much for him--waiting and hiding his secret from all of us. What do you suppose it is, Sue--ambergris? SUE--[_Wildly._] I don’t know and I don’t care! [_Noticing the strange preoccupied look in his eyes--trying to bring him back to earth--scornfully._] Ambergris! Are you going crazy? Don’t you remember you’ve always been the first one to laugh at that silly idea? NAT--Well, there’s something---- [_Starts for the platform._ SUE _does her best to interpose to hold him back_.] Are they all ready on the schooner. He’ll have to hurry if she’s going to sail on this tide. [_With sudden passion._] Oh, I’ve got to go! I can’t stay here! [_Pleadingly._] Don’t you think, Sue, if you were to ask him for me he’d--You’re the only one he seems to act sane with or care about any more. SUE--No! I won’t! I can’t! NAT--[_Angrily._] Haven’t you any sense? Wouldn’t it be better for everyone if I went in his place? SUE--No. You know that’s a lie. Ma would lose her mind if you went. NAT--And I’ll lose mine if I stay! [_Half aware of_ SUE’S _intention to keep him from looking down at the schooner--irritably_.] What are you holding my arm for, Sue? I want to see what they’re doing. [_He pushes her aside and goes to the platform--excitedly._] Hello, they’ve got the fores’l and mains’l set. They’re setting the stays’l. [_In amazement._] Why--they’re casting off! She’s moving away from the wharf! [_More and more excitedly._] I see four of them on board! Who--who is that, Sue? SUE--It’s Danny.