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MR. BUNT LU

I'm frightened, Danny. I kept following the cry of a child through the woods all night and here I am back where I started. It might all be fancy — but I don't understand. DANNY

Rising and peering about the stage, then walk ing right.

It was a strange wild nicht, lassie, and strange fancies come tae me, too, as if mair trouble was coming. LU

Is everything gone, Danny ? DANNY

A' the show, lassie, ilka stick is gone, burnt up. Aye, lassie, there isna' muckle left for us noo but

the spangled croon ye’re carryin' in yir hand. LU

Why, Danny, I must have carried it all night - it brought me luck, once. DANNY

Keep it, Lu. Ye'll need it, lassie, in the black days that has come upon us all. He sees Mr. Bunt and the bear. After star ing for a moment, puzzled, he turns towards Lu, and in a whisper calls : Lu !