In the same scene, the young woman unexpectedly receives a knock at her door. She opens the door to reveal a sorrowful solider. He informs her that her brother has been killed in battle. (He was among the soldiers we saw in the first scene.) The lights go off as the music continues, and a new scene presents itself in dim light. It is the graveyard, several days after her brother’s funeral. It is nighttime, and there is the sound of drizzling rain accompanied by occasional soft thunder.
She visits her brother’s grave, and while there, inquires of the Lord whether her brother, a lifelong atheist, has gone to Heaven. She feels the answer soon within her soul, and it is a very sad one. She weeps bitterly as the scene ends.
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