BARTLETT--[_His face is now transfigured by the ecstasy of a dream come true._] They’ve lowered a boat--the three--Horne an’ Cates and Jimmy Kanaka. They’re rowin’ ashore. Listen. I hear the oars in the locks. Listen! NAT--[_Staring into his father’s eyes--after a pause during which he appears to be straining his hearing to the breaking point--excitedly._] I hear! BARTLETT--Listen! They’ve landed. They’ll be comin’ up the path now. [_In a crooning, monotonous tone._] They move slowly--slowly. It be heavy, I know--that chest. [_After a pause._] Hark! They’re below at the door in front. NAT--I hear! BARTLETT--Ye’ll see it now in a moment, boy--the gold. Up with it, bullies! Up ye come! Up, bullies! It’s heavy, heavy! NAT--[_Madly._] I hear them! They’re on the floor below! They’re coming! I’ll open the door. [_He springs to the door and flings it open, shouting._] Welcome home, boys! [SUE _is discovered outside just climbing up the stairs from below. She steps inside, then stops, looking with amazement and horror from father to brother._ NAT _pushes her roughly aside to look behind her down the stairs_.] SUE--Nat! NAT--[_Turning to his father._] I’ll go down to the wharf. They must be there or---- [_The rest of his words are lost as he hurries down the stairs._ BARTLETT _steps back, shrinking away from his daughter, and sinks on a chair by the table with a groan, his hands over his eyes._] SUE--[_Comes to him and shakes him by the shoulder--alarmed._] Pa! What has happened? What is the matter with Nat? What have you told him? [_With bitter despair._] Oh, can’t you see you’re driving him mad, too? BARTLETT--[_Letting his hands fall and staring at her haggardly--falteringly, as if reason were slowly filtering back into his brain._] Sue--ye said--drivin’ him mad, _too_! Then ye think I be----? [_He staggers to his feet._ SUE _breaks down, sobbing_. BARTLETT _falters on_.] But I seen her--the Sarah Allen--the signal lights---- SUE--Oh, Pa, there’s nothing there! You know it! She was lost months ago. BARTLETT--Lost? [_He stumbles over to a porthole and looks out. His body sags as if he were going to fall. He turns away and cries hopelessly in a tone of heart-rending grief._] Lost! Aye, they be no Sarah Allen there--no lights--nothin’! SUE--[_Pleading fiercely._] Pa, you’ve got to save Nat! He won’t heed anyone else. Can’t you tell him the truth--the whole truth whatever it is--now when I’m here and you’re yourself again--and set him free from this crazy dream! BARTLETT--[_With wild grief._] Confess, ye mean? Sue, ye be houndin’ me like your Ma did to her dyin’ hour! Confess--that I spoke the word to Jimmy--in my mind! Confess--brass and junk--not worth a damn! [_In frenzied protest._] No! Ye lie! SUE--Oh, Pa, I don’t know what you mean. Tell Nat the truth! Save him!