Oh, sisters, deaf to pity's name, For shame! It's true that he has gone astray, But pray Is that a reason good and true Why you Should all be deaf to pity's name? GIRLS: (aside): The question is, had he not been A thing of beauty, Would she be swayed by quite as keen A sense of duty? MABEL: For shame, for shame, for shame! SONG—MABEL MABEL: Poor wand'ring one! Though thou hast surely strayed, Take heart of grace, Thy steps retrace, Poor wand'ring one! Poor wand'ring one! If such poor love as mine Can help thee find True peace of mind- Why, take it, it is thine! GIRLS: Take heart, no danger low'rs; Take any heart but ours! MABEL: Take heart, fair days will shine; Take any heart—take mine! GIRLS: Take heart; no danger low'rs; Take any heart-but ours! MABEL: Take heart, fair days will shine; Take any heart—take mine! Poor wand'ring one!, etc. (MABEL and FREDERIC go to mouth of cave and converse. EDITH beckons her sisters, who form a semicircle around her.) EDITH What ought we to do, Gentle sisters, say? Propriety, we know, Says we ought to stay; While sympathy exclaims, "Free them from your tether— Play at other games— Leave them here together." KATE Her case may, any day, Be yours, my dear, or mine. Let her make her hay While the sun doth shine. Let us compromise (Our hearts are not of leather): Let us shut our eyes And talk about the weather. GIRLS: Yes, yes, let's talk about the weather. Chattering chorus How beautifully blue the sky, The glass is rising very high, Continue fine I hope it may, And yet it rained but yesterday. To-morrow it may pour again (I hear the country wants some rain), Yet people say, I know not why, That we shall have a warm July. To-morrow it may pour again (I hear the country wants some rain), Yet people say, I know not why, That we shall have a warm July. Enter MABEL and FREDERIC .During MABEL's solo the GIRLS continue chatter pianissimo, but listening eagerly all the time. SOLO—MABEL