Mother, don’t badger me like this. If you want to ask me anything ask it.
MRS. DE MULLIN
Janet, Mr. Bulstead is Johnny’s father.
JANET
Mr. Bulstead? Absurd!
MRS. DE MULLIN
Then why did you pretend not to have met him? Why did you conceal the fact of your meeting him from us eight years ago? And why has he concealed the fact from Bertha and the Bulsteads?
[Pause.
JANET
(resignedly)