That's what he told me, that I had to come back again an' tell him exackly … that I had to give the exack place an' time when that little kid was born.
MRS. JOHN
[Holding a needle in her mouth.] Well, why didn't you tell him that right away?
JOHN
How was I to know it? I didn't know, you see.
MRS. JOHN
You didn't know that?
JOHN
Well, I wasn't here, was I?