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Mrs. J. You’d better come here to board, then. I dare say it would be the means of prolonging your life.

Miss T. Do you think so? I wish I could believe it, though (dismally) I haint got nothin’ to live for. But then, if I aint to live long, it would be a comfort to spend my last days in peace. I’ve had a great many troubles and trials in my time.

Mrs. J. I am sorry to hear it.

Miss T. Yes, I lost my best friend just six days before we were to be married. If he’d only lived one week longer, I might have been a desolate relict instead of a lonely single woman.

Mrs. J. It must have been a great disappointment.

Miss T. Yes; but then ’twas my luck. I don’t place no dependence on anything now. (Rising.) There’s no knowin’ what may happen; but I’ll come, to stay, next Monday, if I’m alive an’ well.

(Exit, L.)

A. (drawing a long breath). Oh, I’m so glad she’s gone. I hope something will happen to prevent her coming. It’s as dismal to have her round as to be alone in the house on a drizzly day in November.