KNOX. If the Gilbeys have found out, it's all over between Bobby and
Margaret, and all over between us and them.
MRS KNOX. It's all over between us and everybody. When a girl runs
away from home like that, people know what to think of her and her
parents.
KNOX. She had a happy, respectable home--everything--
MRS KNOX. [interrupting him] Theres no use going over it all
again, Jo. If a girl hasnt happiness in herself, she wont be happy
anywhere. Youd better go back to the shop and try to keep your mind
off it.
KNOX. [rising restlessly] I cant. I keep fancying everybody knows
it and is sniggering about it. I'm at peace nowhere but here. It's a
comfort to be with you. It's a torment to be with other people.
MRS KNOX. [going to him and drawing her arm through his] There,
Jo, there! I'm sure I'd have you here always if I could. But it cant
be. God's work must go on from day to day, no matter what comes. We
must face our trouble and bear it.
KNOX. [wandering to the window arm in arm with her] Just look at
the people in the street, going up and down as if nothing had
happened. It seems unnatural, as if they all knew and didnt care.
MRS KNOX. If they knew, Jo, thered be a crowd round the house looking
up at us. You shouldnt keep thinking about it.
KNOX. I know I shouldnt. You have your religion, Amelia; and I'm
sure I'm glad it comforts you. But it doesnt come to me that way.
Ive worked hard to get a position and be respectable.
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