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AUGUSTA. He must have been here,--he told me he was coming to talk with
Dr. Pindar.
(She approaches the bench and glances at the letter.)
Isn't that a letter from my son?
MINNIE (a little defiantly, yet almost in tears). I guess it is.
AUGUSTA. It was written to you?
MINNIE. No.
AUGUSTA. Then what were you doing with it?
MINNIE. I just--picked it up. You think I was reading it? Well, I
wouldn't.
AUGUSTA. Then how did you know it was written by my son?
(MINNIE is silent.)
You must be familiar with his handwriting. I think I'd better take it.
(She folds it up and puts it in the envelope.) Does George write to you?
MINNIE. I've had letters from him.
AUGUSTA. Since he went to France?
MINNIE. Yes.
AUGUSTA (after a pause). I've never approved of Dr. Findar employing you
here. I warned him against you--I told him that you would betray his
kindness as you betrayed mine, but he wouldn't listen to me. I told him
that a girl who was capable of drawing my son into an intrigue while she
was a member of the church and of my Bible class, a girl who had the
career you had in Newcastle, couldn't become a decent and trustworthy
woman. The very fact that you had the audacity to come back to Foxon
Falls and impose on Dr.
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