HECTOR. One husband gone.
CAPTAIN SHOTOVER. Thirty pounds of good dynamite wasted.
MAZZINI. Oh, poor Mangan!
HECTOR. Are you immortal that you need pity him? Our turn next.
They wait in silence and intense expectation. Hesione and Ellie
hold each other's hand tight.
A distant explosion is heard.
MRS HUSHABYE [relaxing her grip]. Oh! they have passed us.
LADY UTTERWORD. The danger is over, Randall. Go to bed.
CAPTAIN SHOTOVER. Turn in, all hands. The ship is safe. [He sits
down and goes asleep].
ELLIE [disappointedly]. Safe!
HECTOR [disgustedly]. Yes, safe. And how damnably dull the world
has become again suddenly! [he sits down].
MAZZINI [sitting down]. I was quite wrong, after all. It is we
who have survived; and Mangan and the burglar-
HECTOR. --the two burglars--
LADY UTTERWORD. --the two practical men of business--
MAZZINI. --both gone. And the poor clergyman will have to get a
new house.
MRS HUSHABYE. But what a glorious experience! I hope they'll come
again tomorrow night.
ELLIE [radiant at the prospect]. Oh, I hope so.
Randall at last succeeds in keeping the home fires burning on his flute.
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