I only mean isn't there something worth more than good clothes and a good time? A good home, maybe, with love in it ... and little children.

[Pearl hesitates, and then the uneasiness she has never lost takes her up to peep out of the curtain.]

Pearl

We oughtn't to be here talkin'.

Daniel

Why not?

Pearl

I'm frightened of Joe.

Daniel

You needn't be.