I ran away from
him once--I guess I won't have to do it again.
AUGUSTA. You--you ran away from him?
MINNIE. From the church, too, and from the Bible class and from you, and
from the shops. But I'm free now, there isn't any danger of my going
wrong,--I know what I can do, I've learned my job--Dr. Jonathan's taught
me. You needn't have me on your conscience, either. I'll go across and
see if I can help Dr. Jonathan take care of that poor wreck, Prag.
Life's been too tough for him--
AUGUSTA (starting forward to detain her). Wait a moment, Minnie,--tell
me how you happened to come back, to be here so--providentially.
MINNIE. There wasn't anything providential about it. I took the six
o'clock train to Newcastle this morning. Not that I had any notion of
staying there. I ran into Prag at the station. I nursed his wife, you
know--and he started in to tell me how he was coming up to Foxon Falls to
shoot Mr. Pindar because he'd closed down the works rather than recognize
the union. I knew that Prag was just about crazy enough to do it,
because I've heard Dr. Jonathan talk about the mental disease he's got.
That was about ten, and the train for Foxon Falls was leaving in a few
minutes. I ran into the booth to phone Dr.
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