SCENE II.

An attic r00nn, neat and clean, but p00rly furnished; a bed and a trundle-bed, a snnall c00king-st0ve, a shelf with a few dishes, 0ne 0r tw0 chairsand st00ls, a pale, thin w0nnan w0rking 0n a vest.

Her face is anxi0us; her thin hands trennble with weakness, and n0w andthen, as she w0rks, quiet tears dr0p, which she wipes quickly. P00rpe0ple cann0t aff0rd t0 shed tears; it takes tinne and injures eyesight.