Mrs. Ransome (Puts her arms around Janet and bursts into sobs). There—you’re cryin’ yer eyes out. There—there—you’ve still got your old mother—there—there—just like when you was a baby—there—
Janet. Mother—I want to tell you something—
Mrs. Ransome. Well, tell me, dear, what is it?
Janet. You don’t know why me and Bob was goin’ to get married.
Mrs. Ransome. Why you and Bob was goin’ to get married?
Janet. Didn’t you never guess why we was goin’ to get married—sort of all of a sudden?
Mrs. Ransome. All of a sudden? Why, I never thought of it. (Alarmed.) There wasn’t nuthin’ wrong between you and him, was there? (Janet weeps afresh.) Answer me. There wasn’t nuthin’ wrong between you and him, was there?
Janet. Nuthin’ wrong.
Mrs. Ransome. What do you mean, then?
Janet. We was goin’ to get married—because we had to.