Mrs. Atkins monologue (Act 3) — Beyond the Horizon

(_ignoring this remark_) What I was sayin’ was that since Robert’s been in charge things’ve been goin’ down hill steady. You don’t know _how_ bad they are. Robert don’t let on to you what’s happenin’; and you’d never see it yourself if ’twas under your nose. But, thank the Lord, Ruth still comes to me once in a while for advice when she’s worried near out of her senses by his goin’s-on. Do you know what she told me last night? But I forgot, she said not to tell you--still I think you’ve got a right to know, and it’s my duty not to let such things go on behind your back.