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(coldly)

Light the lamp, Nettie; it ’s gettin’ dark.

Yes, mother.

[She starts to light lamp.

I ’m ashamed of my part of it, makin’ a row, with her on her deathbed.

You had it right, I guess. I ’ve made trouble ever since I came into the world.

There!

[She lights lamp; footlights go up.

(sternly)

You should n’t have come here; you know that, Ben.

I ’ve always known that, any place I ’ve been, exceptin’ only those two years in the Army. That ’s the only time I ever was in right.

(sternly)

I would find it easier to pity you if you had any one to blame besides yourself.

Pity? Do you think I want your pity?

[There is a pause.

''Jane is seen on stairs, they all turn to her nervously as she comes down and crosses into room. She stops at the door looking at them''.

(slowly)

Mother—mother ’s—gone!