on clara, tossing fitfully in her bed. suddenly she sits up as an idea begins to take form in her mind. now she hurries out of bed, moves stealthily to the door and goes out, leaving her door open.
we pick up clara in the act of nervously pinning on her hat in the dim light of a small lamp. she is fully dressed, and once the hat is on, she looks around anxiously for her top coat which she finds in the closet. she takes the coat and starts hurriedly toward the lamp, sitting on a small taboret near the door. as she bends over to blow it out, her eyes raise and she freezes.
clara is talking feverishly to rocklin.
dave has unwrapped miss martin and she gets to her feet bristling.
miss martin is coming into the room with a glass and a pill for clara, who is still stretched on the bed.
rocklin has his ear glued to the door. he can't help but smile at miss martin's reference to him. dave is behind the curtain at the window, watching the outside. clara is close to rocklin.