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He’s sober enough to go home by hisself. You stay here. I want to talk to you ’bout this. [He leads out.]

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Go on out thar with ’em an’ see ’at they don’t start fightin’ ag’in! [ follows them. lifts her apron to her eyes and sobs, despairingly.] It’s all a-startin’ over jist like it did the first time! I’ll never see another minute’s peace now as long as I live!

I never thought my brother ’ld act like that!

’Tain’t your fault! They cain’t none of us help what our folks do! [She goes into the kitchen, weeping.]

They ain’t no use grievin’ about it. I’d druther see everybody live together in peace. But fer all we know, this may ha’ been so ordered. If it wus it ’ll all work out fer the best in the end.

How’d Andy ever git started quarrelin’ ’ith Sid?