_ SHOMBERG _and_
SIMPSON _shake hands._ FRANKEL _goes over and examines the
safe._ SALVATORE _picks up a basket of correspondence from the
desk as if it were a strange bug._ SHOMBERG _opens a drawer in
the table. There is a buzz of congratulative, formless talk.
They spread over the stage, looking at everything._]
MIFFLIN [_transfigured, his right hand lifted_]: Gentlemen, this is the
New Dawn!
ACT II
_The yard beside_ GIBSON'S _house. Upon our left is seen the
porch or sun-room wing of a good "colonial" house of the
present type. A hedge runs across at the back, about five feet
high, with a gateway and rustic gate. Beyond is seen a
residential suburban quarter, well wooded and with ample
shrubberies. A gravelled path leads from the gate to the porch,
or sun-room, where are broad steps. Upon the lawn are a white
garden bench, a table, and a great green-and-white-striped sun
umbrella, with several white garden chairs.
Autumn has come, and the foliage is beginning to turn; but the
scene is warm and sunlit.
After a moment a young housemaid brings out a tray with a
chocolate pot, wafers, and one cup and saucer and a lace-edged
napkin. She places the tray on the table, moves a chair to it,
looks at the tray thoughtfully, turns, starts toward the
house--when_ GIBSON _comes out. He wears a travelling suit and
is bareheaded.
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