Then trust her for gettin’ him; by the time she gets through in Veazie, this town will be barer than Mother Hubbard’s cupboard by the time the dog got there. (Her eye falls on Jane’s box, partly under sofa.) What’s that?
[She bends over, looking at it.
NETTIE
What?
ELLA
I never saw it before. (She draws it out) Looks like a dress. See! Blue silk!
NETTIE
Open it.
ELLA (hesitates)