Mayo monologue (Act 3) — Beyond the Horizon

(_shaking his finger at_ ANDY, _in a cold rage_) You know I’m speakin’ truth--that’s why you’re afraid to argy! You lie when you say you want to go ’way--and see thin’s! You ain’t got no likin’ in the world to go. I’ve watched you grow up, and I know your ways, and they’re my ways. You’re runnin’ against your own nature, and you’re goin’ to be a’mighty sorry for it if you do. ’S if I didn’t know your real reason for runnin’ away! And runnin’ away’s the only words to fit it. You’re runnin’ away ’cause you’re put out and riled ’cause your own brother’s got Ruth ’stead o’ you, and----