Play 1, Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2 Summary

Seth asks Lavinia where she's been the last couple of days. At first Lavinia says she was visiting her friends Peter and Hazel, but Seth tells her he saw Peter on the street and that he had asked where Lavinia was. Lavinia then confesses she went to New York. Seth says there's something he needs to tell her about a friend of the family, Captain Brant. Before Seth can explain, though, he sees Peter and Hazel coming and goes off.

Lavinia invites Peter and Hazel to sit with her. The three of them talk about how nobody's heard from Lavinia's brother Orin in a long time, and Hazel seems particularly concerned. Peter reassures her that if Orin had been hurt, they would have been told. Peter then passes on the news that he's completely healed from his...