Wobblies, eh? With goddam Wobblies. All right . . . Looka Amy . . . Amy is wantin’ stay here nice an’ safe in dees fine house with Tony. Is not true, eh? [Amy nods through her tears.] Sure is true. Look Tony, Dio mio, an’ ask him w’at he want? Don’ he want baby?
Amy
But not this baby, Tony?
Tony
W’at I care?
Amy
But, think of what people would say!
Tony
W’at I care w’at evrabody say? We tellin’ evrabody he’s Tony’s baby. Den evrabody say Tony is so goddam young an’ strong he’s break both his leg’ an’ havin’ baby just da same! . . . Ees good, eh? You don’t go with Joe now, Amy? . . . Oh, Amy! . . .
Amy
[He has swayed her, but she looks at him as at a madman.] No. . . . It wouldn’t work, Tony. . . . You wouldn’t mean it afterward. . . . You’re crazy. . . .