SADIE
Did you hear him? “Didn’t know when he’d seen a more dependable girl than her!”
EMMA
Makes a lot of difference who’s goin’ to depend on her. I ain’t, for one.
NETTIE
If I set out to tell how she’s treated me lots of times, when I’ve come over here to see grandma, nobody would believe a word of it.
Mother took her in out of charity.
ELLA
And kept her out of spite.