SADIE
Nobody’s got any right——
[She rises as some one is heard coming along the hall.
Who’s that out there? Who is it?
ORIN
Mum! Who is it!
[He clings to his mother afraid, as all turn to the door, and Ben Jordan steps into the room and faces them with a smile of reckless contempt. Ben is the black sheep of the Jordan family, years younger than any of the others, a wild, selfish, arrogant fellow, handsome but sulky and defiant. His clothes are cheap and dirty and he is rather pale and looks dissipated. He doesn’t speak but stands openly sneering at their look of astonishment.
JANE (quietly)
I’m glad you’ve come, Ben.