Whut’s this!

Elly

Butch, I tell you! This boy ain’t his brother. He never saw him before. He’s jist a boy, jist a young boy—picknickin’—in the woods—

Sheriff

Good God! Is this the truth you’re tellin’ me?

Elly

It’s the truth—

Sheriff

Godamighty!

(Butch comes in dripping, carrying Betty. He puts her down gently.)