STRAWMAN.
To be sure--!
[To ANNA.]
Of something then at least you are secure.
What’s gained by giving up, if that is so?
Look back into the ages long ago,
See, Adam, Eve--the Ark, see, pair by pair,
Birds in the field--the lilies in the air,
The little birds--the little birds--the fishes--
[Continues in a lower tone, as he withdraws with ANNA.]
[MISS JAY and the AUNTS return with LIND.]