Well, _one member_ of this family ain't been good to me, sir.
[_From this point her feelings begin to get the better of her and she
speaks rapidly and hysterically._] He's been bad, bad as he could, and
somebody's got to talk to him, and I don't see who's a-goin' to do it
but you. If he don't change, I'll not hold my tongue any longer. It's
all I can do for their sakes to hold it now!
AUSTIN. Look here, what are you talking about? You don't mean Mr.
Geoffrey?
MAGGIE. Yes, I do, sir; he's my husband.
AUSTIN. What!!
MAGGIE. We was married when he was at Yale, sir; I was in a shop there.
AUSTIN. But--! Well, after all, isn't this your and Geoffrey's affair?
Why bring me in?
MAGGIE. Because he's making love to Miss Chester, and promising to marry
_her_ now, and if he don't stop--I'll make trouble!
AUSTIN. But if he's married to you, as you say--he can't marry--any one
else.
MAGGIE. He's tried to make me believe our marriage ain't legal, because
he was only twenty and he'd been drinking!
AUSTIN. What makes you think Mr. Geoffrey cares for--Miss Chester?
MAGGIE.
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