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David, I’ve stood all that I’m a-goin’ to! If you won’t do nothin’ about it, I will!

[Rising]

Well, what do you want me to do?

I don’t keer—jist so you git him out o’ my sight!

Whyn’t you put him in the cellar?

[He catches eye and gives him a significant look., who is about to speak, interprets this to mean that  has decided to help him escape, and remains silent.]

We can. That’s more like the place whar he’d ought ha’ been put in the first place.

[Starts untying ]

All right, Meg, I’ll ’tend to him. But you’d better git me the key to the outside door, so I can lock him in, case he breaks loose. [She goes into the kitchen.]