NETTIE
He’ll get about five years, father says. I guess that will take some of the spunk out of him.
[A sound in the hall at right.
ELLA
Hush! I think he’s coming.
[Ben enters at right with a big armful of firewood and crosses and drops it heavily into woodbox, then turns and looks at them in silence.
SADIE
Seems kind of funny, your luggin’ in the wood.
BEN (bitterly)
Does it?