(_Harvey_, MRS. TRUE, NORAH, JERRY, _and_ MAIDIE _mingle with the other spirits_.)
(MRS. FAYTH _rises from her knees; melts slowly in the dusk_.)
(LADDIE _runs into the grove, and disappears in the gloom. He acts as if looking for some one._)
DR. THORNE (_remains alone. He paces the grove, irresolute--then suddenly turns in the direction whence the Invisible had come; walks uncertainly up the path; searches, as if for signs of the Passer; examines the grass, the shrubbery; touches the flowers, to see if they had bent beneath His feet; stoops; examines the pathway reverently; speaks in a low tone_). The footprint! I have found the footprint! There _was_ One passing. And He stepped here. But I was blind! (_Hesitates; lifts his face to the sky; drops it to his breast; murmurs inarticulately. Then slowly--as if half his nature battled with the other half, and every fibre of his being yielded hard--he drops upon his knees. He remains silent in this posture._)
(_From the depth of the grove behind_ DR. THORNE’S _cottage_,)
_Enter_ CLEO _stealthily_. (_She watches_ DR. THORNE _with an expression in which love, fear, reproach, and astonishment contend. She makes no sign, nor in any way is her presence revealed to_ DR. THORNE. _Taking a few steps forward, she touches the shadow of one arm of the mighty cross._ CLEO _retreats in confusion_.)
_Enter_ The Child (_running down the path_). Papa! Papa! (_Points up the path. Beckons to his father. Points ecstatically._) Look, look, Papa!
(DR. THORNE _arises to his full height; looks where_ The Child _points_.)
_Enter_ JESUS THE CHRIST. _(Our Lord appears as a majestic figure, melting of outline, divine of mien, with arms outstretched in benediction._)
(CLEO _at sight of the_ Sacred Figure _wrings her hands in anguish, and makes as if she would flee; but remains gazing at the Vision, as if compelled by forces unknown to her. As the Vision draws nearer_, CLEO _drops upon her face. Her long hair covers her. All her contours blur into the increasing shadow. The scene is now quite dark, except for the light which falls from the_ PERSON OF OUR LORD. _This shall fully reveal_ THE MAN, _who falls at the feet of the Vision, and_ THE CHILD, _who stands entranced, with his little arms around his father’s neck._)