But as your father would never have consented, dear...
HESTER
(slowly)
Still, I’d rather he had asked me, mother.
JANET
Quite right, Hester! I’m glad you’ve got some wholesome feminine vanity left in your composition. And you’d have said “yes,” like a sensible woman.
HESTER
Oh, you’re always sneering!
JANET
Yes. But I’m going, Hester, going! That’s great thing! Keep your eyes fixed steadily on that and you’ll be able to bear anything else. That reminds me. (Goes to door, l., and calls loudly into the hall.) Johnny! Johnny!