I--don't you really know me? SUSAN I've never seen you before. JONATHAN I know you.... You're Susan Sample. SUSAN Who told you? JONATHAN I'm-- (_He becomes conscious of his back_) Why Jonathan told me. SUSAN Have you seen Jonathan? JONATHAN Yes. SUSAN Where is he? JONATHAN I don't know. SUSAN He ran away. Why doesn't he come home? JONATHAN Because--oh, I don't know. SUSAN Who are you? JONATHAN I'm a vagrant. SUSAN Are you hungry? JONATHAN (_looking toward Hank_) No. I'm not.... I'm not begging.... But will you do something for me? SUSAN Yes, if I can. [Illustration: JONATHAN MAKES A WISH ACT II.] JONATHAN Will you play for me? SUSAN Oh, yes.... What shall I play? JONATHAN Anything. [_Jonathan notices his dirty hands._ Excuse me a moment. [_He goes to a bird-bath and washes his hands, wipes them and returns to the piano._ _Susan plays a bit of a nocturne with ease and grace._ JONATHAN Do you remember this? [_He hums "All on a Summer Day."_ SUSAN Oh, yes. [_She plays the tune in a sophisticated musical way, but Jonathan is disappointed._ SUSAN You don't like it? JONATHAN That isn't exactly the way it goes. SUSAN Oh, yes, it is. [_She plays it once more and sings it._ JONATHAN No--no--no. It ought to go this way. [_He sings it as he had sung it years before._ SUSAN You sing that just as Jonathan used to sing it. JONATHAN I like it that way. SUSAN Did Jonathan teach it to you? JONATHAN Yes.... A long time ago. SUSAN Did he tell you-- JONATHAN About the lovely lady who danced to the tune? Oh, she was wonderful! SUSAN Jonathan ran away--and he never wrote to me or thought of me. JONATHAN He thought of you and he talked of you and he sang of you. SUSAN No.... I can't believe that. JONATHAN Jonathan loves you very much. SUSAN If a man loves a woman very much he can't go away from her for years and years. JONATHAN Suppose Jonathan had pride and was ashamed to let you know that he had failed. SUSAN Jonathan wouldn't fail. I know Jonathan. JONATHAN He--Susan Sample! [_Susan plays softly. She is lovely in the sunlight which is lengthening across the lawn._ [_Jonathan watches her quietly. The love of the boy fans into flame and he reaches out to her, then in the consciousness of his deformity he turns away._ SUSAN Will you tell me where Jonathan was when you last saw him? JONATHAN I don't know--The last time I saw Jonathan--he was tall and straight--and making his way. SUSAN Oh, well. [_Albert Peet enters. He is a little man of immaculate appearance and great preciseness._ ALBERT Ah, Susan. SUSAN Albert, you are late. ALBERT Who is this? SUSAN This is a friend of Jonathan's. ALBERT Jonathan who? SUSAN Don't you remember Jonathan who had the toy theatre? He ran away from home. ALBERT Oh... and this is his friend? How do you do? SUSAN Do you remember this? I used to play it for you. [_She begins "All on a Summer's Day."_