Andrew monologue (Act 3) — Beyond the Horizon

(_stands staring at her for a moment--then walks away saying in a hurt tone_): Everybody hereabouts seems to be on edge today. I begin to feel as if I’m not wanted around. (_He stands near the path, left, kicking at the grass with the toe of his shoe. A moment later_ CAPTAIN DICK SCOTT _enters, followed by_ ROBERT _carrying_ MARY. _The_ CAPTAIN _seems scarcely to have changed at all from the jovial, booming person he was three years before. He wears a uniform similar to_ ANDREW’S. _He is puffing and breathless from his climb and mops wildly at his perspiring countenance._ ROBERT _casts a quick glance at_ ANDREW, _noticing the latter’s discomfited look, and then turns his eyes on_ RUTH _who, at their approach, has moved so her back is toward them, her chin resting on her hands as she stares out seaward_).