JIM. Who?

EM'LY. Pony.

JIM. Me.

EM'LY. Why, I thought you said you didn't.

JIM. Well, not to pasture; I give him to a feller.

EM'LY. [Surprised.] Give him?

JIM. Yes.

EM'LY. Why?

JIM. [With meaning.] He needed him awful bad. [Writes.

EM'LY stands looking at him a moment; then turns to go.