Ed monologue (Act 3) — Betsey Bobbett: A Drama

My hired girl has left me, Mrs. Allen, and I want to go to Shackeville this morning and see if I can find one. And I called to see if I could leave a twin or two with you while I am gone. And Mr. Allen invited me to come back to dinner; I told him I would, and I would read to you a political argument I have written for the next week’s _Augur_. It is as long as the President’s message, and is in blank verse. (_Samantha groans_) Mr. Allen told me that the Widder Doodle and Tirzah Ann had gone a visiting, and you had sights of work to do. I hated to ask you to take care of the twins; but I really didn’t know what to do; I was at my wit’s end.