BEN
Oh, it don’t take long for a man to get hungry—it only takes just a minute for a man to die; you can burn down a barn quick enough, or do a murder; it’s just living and getting old that takes a lot of time—Can’t you stay here, Jane?
JANE
There’s Nettie.
BEN
Nettie—that couldn’t stand the gaff—that run out on me when I was in trouble.
JANE
It doesn’t matter what folks do, if you love ’em enough.
BEN
What do you know about it? I suppose you’ve been in love a lot of times?