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Well, it ’s wrong!

(acidly)

You gave it to her yourself, did n’t you?

(sighs)

Good Land! What does it matter?

(offended)

Oh! Does n’t it? Oh!

Maybe it does to you. She ain’t your blood relation.

Nettie loves her grandma, don’t you dear?

Some folks not so far off may get fooled before long about how much grandma and I was to each other.

(sternly)

You hush!

[''Again there is a pause, and again it is broken by a loud sniff from Orin, as the women look at him in disgust. Sadie speaks up in his defense''.

He ’s got kind of a cold in his head.

The question is, ain’t he got a handkerchief?

Here, Orin!

[She hands him her handkerchief.

The idea! No handkerchief when you ’ve come expectin’ some one to die!

Thad one, but I used it up.

[He blows his nose.