DR. JONATHAN. And that she'd written letters in return?
AUGUSTA. What right have you to catechize me, Jonathan?
DR. JONATHAN. The same right, Augusta, that you have to catechize
Minnie. Only I wish to discover the truth, and apparently you do not.
She left me a letter, too, in which she said, "Don't try to find me--I
wouldn't come back if you did. Mrs. Pindar was right about me, after
all--I had to break loose again." Now, Augusta, I'd like to know what
you make of that?
AUGUSTA. It's pretty plain, isn't it?
DR. JONATHAN. If the girl were really "bad," as you insist, would she
say a thing like that?
AUGUSTA. I'm afraid I'm not an authority on Minnie's kind.
DR. JONATHAN. Well, I am. The only motive which could have induced her
to leave my laboratory and Foxon Falls--her father--is what you would
call a Christian motive.
AUGUSTA. What do you mean?
DR. JONATHAN. An unselfish motive. She went because she thought she
could help someone by going.
AUGUSTA. Why--do you discuss this with me?
DR. JONATHAN. Because I've come to the conclusion that you know
something about Minnie's departure, Augusta.
AUGUSTA (again on the verge of tears). Well, then, I do. I am
responsible for her going--I'm not ashamed of it.
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