Act II. A garden. _May_ and _Tackleton_ are supping together. _John

makes _Tackleton_ jealous of the stranger, _Edward_, who, seeing that _May_ is only marrying _Tackleton_ because his wealth will save her old foster-father from want, reveals his identity to _Dot_. _Tackleton_ now makes _John_ jealous of _Edward_, but _John_ is lulled to sleep by the _Cricket_, and dreams of himself as a happy father.