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Nana

Why, you're scared of them, too! You know you are. Why else did you bring me here?

Helena

I'm not scared, really I'm not, Nana. I'm only sorry for them.

Nana

You're scared. Nobody could help being scared. Why, the dog's scared of them: he won't take a scrap of meat out of their hands. He draws in his tail and howls when he knows they're about.

Helena

The dog has no sense.

Nana

He's better than them, and he knows it. Even the horse shies when he meets them. They don't have any young, and a dog has young, every one has young——

Helena

Please fasten up my dress, Nana.

Nana

I say it's against God's will to——