Cousin Fanny [Whimpering and struggling.]

Let me have it! Let me alone! Let go of my hands! You want to kill me! You want me to die so you can get my money!

John Speaker [Releasing her.]

No! No! No!
Cousin Fanny... Come, be reasonable!

[He reaches for her hands again, and she grabs his hand and bites it. He draws back and says:]

Damn!

[Nurses his hand.]

Mary Speaker

Did she bite you?

John Speaker