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And we get nothing, not a dollar, after waitin’ all these years?

There are small bequests left to each of you.

How much?

One hundred dollars each.

(shrilly)

One hundred dollars.

I said that they were small.

You said a mouthful!

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

[She laughs wildly.

(sternly)

Stop your noise, Ella.

IHa! Ha! Ha! I told you I was going to have my laugh, did n’t I? Ha! Ha! Ha!

(pulls Sadie’s dress)

Mum! What ’s she laughin’ for?

You hush!

(faces them all in evil triumph)

If anybody asked me, I ’d say it was a judgment on all of yer. You Jordans was always stuck up, always thought you was better ’n anybody else. I guess I ought to know, I married into yer!—You a