Part 1, Act 3 Summary

About 7 months later, Nina sits in the dining room of the Evans family home, writing a letter to Darrell. As she reads it aloud to herself, we learn that she and Evans have been married for over 6 months, that Darrell has neither written nor visited, and that he's gotten a new job. She talks about how the house feels haunted and dead, and then looks up from the letter. Her thoughts reveal that she's pregnant, that she's keeping it a secret because she wants to keep her baby just for her, and how she feels that because Darrell wanted her to marry Evans, it's partly his baby as well. She goes back to the letter, referring to how Evans' mother has been insisting they visit.

Marsden enters, Nina covers up her letter, and Marsden's thoughts reveal his curiosity about why. Nina...