Yes, she’s been a lonely old woman. I hated to think of her there, in the churchyard, hungry for him. BEN I’ll go to her. JANE It’s too late; she wouldn’t know you. BEN I’ll go. JANE The doctor will call us when he thinks we ought to come. BEN (_fiercely_) I’m going now. HENRY (_steps forward_) No, you ain’t. BEN Do you think I came here, standin’ a chance of bein’ sent to jail, to let _you_ tell me what to do? HENRY If she’s dyin’ up there, it’s more’n half from what you’ve made her suffer; you’ll wait here till we go to her together. EMMA Henry’s right. SADIE Of course he is. ELLA Nobody but Ben would have the impudence to show his face here, after what he’s done. BEN I’m going just the same! HENRY No, you ain’t. [_Their voices become loud._ EMMA Henry! Don’t let him go! SADIE Stop him. ELLA (_grows shrill_) He’s a disgrace to us. He always was. HENRY You’ll stay right where you are. [_He puts his hand heavily on Ben’s shoulder--Ben throws him off fiercely._ BEN Damn you! Keep your hands off me! [_Henry staggers back and strikes against a table that falls to the floor with a crash. Nettie screams._ JANE Stop it--stop! You must! JUDGE Are you crazy? Have you no sense of decency? [_Doctor Curtis comes quickly downstairs._ DOCTOR What’s this noise? I forbid it. Your mother has heard you. HENRY (_ashamed_) I’m sorry. BEN (_sulkily_) I didn’t mean to make a row. HENRY It’s him. (_He looks bitterly at Ben_) He brings out all the worst in us. He brought trouble into the world with him when he came, and ever since. [_Hannah, a middle-aged servant, comes hastily half-way downstairs and calls out sharply._ HANNAH Doctor! Come, Doctor! [_She exits up the stairs, as the Doctor crosses through the hall and follows her._ ORIN (_afraid_) Is she dead, Mum? Does Hannah mean she’s dead! [_Sadie hides her head on his shoulder and weeps._ JANE I’ll go to her. [_She exits._ ELLA (_violently_) She’ll go. There ain’t scarcely a drop of Jordan blood in her veins, and _she’s_ the one that goes to mother. EMMA (_coldly_) Light the lamp, Nettie; it’s gettin’ dark. NETTIE Yes, mother. [_She starts to light lamp._ HENRY I’m ashamed of my part of it, makin’ a row, with her on her deathbed. BEN You had it right, I guess. I’ve made trouble ever since I came into the world. NETTIE There! [_She lights lamp; footlights go up._ JUDGE (_sternly_) You shouldn’t have come here; you know that, Ben. BEN I’ve always known that, any place I’ve been, exceptin’ only those two years in the Army. That’s the only time I ever was in right. JUDGE (_sternly_) I would find it easier to pity you if you had any one to blame besides yourself. BEN Pity? Do you think I want your pity? [_There is a pause._