Episode 2, scene 5. [Betty is on the phone in the Anderson kitchen talking with June.] BA: Well, did he get my last message? BA: Oh. Uh, will you take another message, please? BA: Tell him to call Betty Anderson. BA: Thank you. [Betty hangs up the phone.] JA: Do you think that was really a good idea? BA: I've got to reach him. JA: Something special? BA: More or less. JA: Well now, which is it, huh? BA: It's more. BA: Aren't you late this morning? JA: Oh, a couple of minutes. Mr. Harrington will forgive me. BA: Has he ever say anything about Rod and me? JA: Who? BA: Mr. Harrington. JA: Well, No, no not really, Why? BA: I just wondered. JA: Well, tell me. BA: Well, Rod stopped at the mill last night and he wanted to see his father about Rossi. You know, the new doctor. JA: Yes. BA: Well, he came back in five minutes and evrything was different. BA: We broke off last night. Or he broke off. JA: What did he say? BA: He said, "I'll call you." Mother, you didn't hear them talking, did you? JA: No, I was downstairs. BA: Downstairs? JA: I had to get something out of the files. JA: Betty, don't keep after Rod. There are other boys. BA: I don't want anyone else. Besides, I don't want to be dropped. Not after all this time. [Mood music] JA: Oh, Betty. BA: Oh Mother, I'm in love with him. I want to get married. I thought maybe we'd get married, maybe this summer. JA: I didn't know you were that serious. BA: What shall I do? JA: Don't chase him. BA: Oh, That's easy to say. JA: He'll come back to you. You'll see. And when your father comes home, I wouldn' tell him. BA: Why not? JA: You know how angry he can be. BA: Not with me. Mother . . . JA: Yes? BA: Never mind. Episode 2, scene 5 HOME