BEN
I’d have to go to jail for five years and see if you’d wait for me!
EMMA
It’s an awful thing for a mother to have a fool for a child.
ELLA (goes upstage with Nettie)
Well, I must say you made a nice mess of things!
NETTIE (exits with Ella)
Well, I don’t care! I don’t see how anybody would expect me to be a mind reader!
SADIE
Come, Orin—say good-by to your Uncle Ben.