Scene 3 Summary

Clara is dusting the living room as Lily Dale comes in. Clara says that the young man from Atlanta came by to see her. Lily Dale confesses that she feels betrayed, telling Clara about believing the young man's stories and giving him money. She feels even worse because she didn't tell Will, and when she did tell Will he had a heart attack and almost died. Clara reminds her that Will's getting better, but Lily Dale is still upset, saying that a distant relative of Pete's named Carson has come from Atlanta and is full of information. Lily Dale says that Carson has known Bill's friend, the young man from Atlanta all his life. Carson doesn't care for him and says that the young man has no living family. Carson lived in the same boarding house as Bill and never once heard him...