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 , a widow , her son , her daughter , her younger daughter , a white neighbor

This room at the home of ''and her children in a country district of Maryland has at its center a rectangular table, at the right and left of which are chairs. Left side is an open fireplace, above which stands a chair against the wall and a door leading to the kitchen. At the center of the rear wall stands a bench on which is a water bucket and dipper. At the right of the bench a door leads outside. Right side. a door leads to the stairs, and below this door another chair stands against the wall. At first the room is vacant, but presently, a woman of five-and-forty, enters from the kitchen. Taking the bucket, she goes to the outer door and calls her son,''.

[Calling.]

Alec!

Ma’am?