Act 3, Scene 2 Summary

The night has passed, and Rosa and Jack come back to her house at dawn. They both seem very sad and Rosa says that that had been the happiest day of her life and this night the saddest. A moan erupts from the house and Rosa says it is her mother dreaming about her father. She is upset because her mother is making love in her sleep and she herself seems to be headed for the same fate—always dreaming about it but never actually doing it. Jack tells her that her mother just wants her to be practical and not see him through rose-colored glasses. Sounds and moans continue from the house.

Jack has to leave but she desperately tries to tell him that she is old enough to love him and he tells her that he has restrained himself...