The laughing-stock of all Veazie!
ELLA
Everybody’s talkin’ about it, anywhere you go.
NETTIE
Jane Crosby’s White Slave, that’s what they call you. Jane Crosby’s White Slave.
BEN (fiercely)
They call me that, do they?
ELLA (to Nettie)
Why can’t you ever hold your tongue?
BEN (in cold anger)