HENRY (sternly)

Stop your noise, Ella.

ELLA

I——Ha! Ha! Ha!——I told you I was going to have my laugh, didn’t I? Ha! Ha! Ha!

ORIN (pulls Sadie’s dress)

Mum! What’s she laughin’ for?

SADIE

You hush!

EMMA (faces them all in evil triumph)

If anybody asked me, I’d say it was a judgment on all of yer. You Jordans was always stuck up, always thought you was better’n anybody else. I guess I ought to know, I married into yer!—You a rich family?—You the salt of the Earth—You Jordans! You paupers—Ha! Ha! Ha!