Perhaps the tablet won't do her any harm, John.
John Thinker
It will kill her as surely as she sits there. I know it will and you know it will.
John Speaker
Maybe it won't hurt her, Mary... but we can never tell.... I'm afraid... I'm afraid it really might harm her....
Cousin Fanny [Putting tablet into her mouth.]
There! I'm going to sleep, now.... I'm going to sleep in spite of you. You hate me—both of you hate me—but you can't prevent me going to sleep!
Mary Speaker
She's taken it, John. Do you suppose she really did have one before?
John Speaker [To
Cousin Fanny.]