The man looks miserable—his mouth is closed, his eyes are watching the girls as they talk. He holds his hat limply at his side. He came dressed to impress in his finest jacket. I wonder what he said to create such a scene.

His sweetheart stands twenty paces away, her face equally distraught, though she clearly feels she is the wronged party. She won’t look at him.

Her sister, the chaperone of this picnic, is urging her to forgive him. We know this because the girls are still in the scene, and because the scene’s title is “The Peacemaker.”