As she speaks MR MARCH comes in.
MR MARCH. I met Johnny using the most poetic language. What's happened?
MRS MARCH. He and that girl. Johnny's talking nonsense about wanting to save her. I've told her to pack up.
MR MARCH. Isn't that rather coercive, Joan?
MRS MARCH. Do you approve of Johnny getting entangled with this girl?
MR MARCH. No. I was only saying to Mary—
MRS MARCH. Oh! You were!
MR MARCH. But I can quite see why Johnny—
MRS MARCH. The Government, I suppose!
MR MARCH. Certainly.