DR. JONATHAN. But this craving for amusement, for excitement and adventure isn't peculiar to you and me. Workingmen have it too,--and working girls. GEORGE. You're a wise guy, I guess. DR. JONATHAN. Oh no,--not that! But I've found out that you and I are not so very different from Timothy Farrell and his children,--Bert and Jamesy and--Minnie. GEORGE (startled, and looking around to follow DR. JONATHAN'S glance toward the windows). What do you know about them? DR. JONATHAN. Oh, nothing at first hand. But I can see why Bert's going to the war, and why Jamesy took to drink, and why Minnie left Foxon Falls. GEORGE. The deuce you can! DR. JONATHAN. And so can you, George. When you get back from France you will know what you have been fighting for. GEORGE. And what's that? DR. JONATHAN. Economic freedom, without which political freedom is a farce. Industrial democracy. GEORGE. Industrial democracy! Well, it wasn't included in my education at Harvard. DR. JONATHAN. Our education begins, unfortunately, after we leave Harvard,--with Bert and Jamesy and Minnie. And here's Minnie, now! GEORGE (hastily). I'll beat it! Mother wants to talk to her. DR. JONATHAN (his hand on GEORGE'S arm). No,--wait. (Enter, lower right, AUGUSTA, followed by MINNIE FARRELL. MINNIE, AUGUSTA'S back being turned toward her, gives GEORGE a wink, which he acknowledges, and then glances toward DR. JONATHAN. AUGUSTA, with her knitting, seats herself in an armchair. Her attitude is somewhat inquisitorial; her tone, as she addresses MINNIE, non- committal. She is clearly offended by MINNIE'S poise and good- natured self-assertion.) AUGUSTA. You remember Mr. Pindar, Minnie. MINNIE (demurely). Glad to meet you again, Mr. Pindar. I hear you're going off to the war. Well, that's great. GEORGE (squeezing her hand; she winces a little). Oh, yes,-I remember Minnie. AUGUSTA. And this is Dr. Jonathan Pindar. MINNIE (who has been eyeing DR. JONATHAN as a possible enemy; with reserve). Glad to meet you, I'm sure. DR. JONATHAN (smiling at her as he takes her hand). The pleasure is--mutual. MINNIE (puzzled, but somewhat reassured). Glad to meet you. DR. JONATHAN. I've come to live in Foxon Falls. I hope we'll be friends. MINNIE. I hope so. I'm going back to Newcastle this afternoon, there's nothing doing here. DR. JONATHAN. Would you stay, if there were something doing? MINNIE. I--I don't know. What would I be doing here? AUGUSTA (disapprovingly, surveying, MINNIE'S costume). I don't think I should have recognized you, Minnie. MINNIE. City life agrees with me, Mrs. Pindar. But I needed a little rest cure, and I came to see what the village looked like. DR. JONATHAN. A sort of sentimental journey, Minnie. MINNIE (flashing a look at GEORGE, and another at DR. JONATHAN). Well, you might call it that. I get you. AUGUSTA. Minnie, what church do you attend in Newcastle? MINNIE. Well, I haven't got a seat in any particular church, Mrs. Pindar.