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(bitterly)

You ’re a man! What do you think it ’s been for me!

(with arm about Orin)

His father did n’t leave much, you all know that, and it ’s been scrimp and save till I ’m all worn to skin and bone.

Just to the three of us, that would be fair.

Judge! My brother’s name ain’t in her will, is it? Tell me that? Ben’s name ain’t there!

I ’d rather not talk about it, Henry.

She ’d cut him off, she said, the last time he disgraced us, and she ’s a woman of her word.

(eagerly, to Judge)

And the very next day she sent for you because I was here when she telephoned; and you came to her that very afternoon because I saw you from my front window cross right up to this door.

Possibly. I frequently drop in to discuss business matters with your mother for a moment on my way home.

It was five minutes to four when you went in that day, and six minutes to five when you came out, by the clock on my mantel.

Your brother has been gone for almost two years; Your memory is very clear.