Through  the  commonplace  speech  one
can  feel  the  tension  of  their  nerves;  the
effect  is  heightened  by  the  skillful  use
of  details  by  the  dramatist  All  is  indi-
rect, symbolic,  preg^nant  with  innuenda
It  is  as  if  Death,  the  Intruder,  were
knocking  at  each  door  and  window.  At
leng^  a  sister  of  charity  enters,  and  by
the  sig^  of  the  cross  makes  known  that
the  wife  is  no  more.
