BEN
You’re a good kid, Nettie.
NETTIE
Oh, it isn’t that, Ben, but it does just seem too awful.
[As she looks up at him, the outside door opens and Henry and Emma enter. They see Nettie and Ben together by the fire.
EMMA (sternly)
Nettie!
NETTIE (sweetly)
Yes, mother?
EMMA