An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving2008

Isabella:
[Tilly enters Isabella's room] Knocking is always good.

Mathilda Bassett:
[Tilly closes the door behind her] I know why my mother doesn't want you here.

Isabella:
Is that right?

Mathilda Bassett:
You're not nice. You made fun of Mrs. Hopkins and you insulted my family. My father was not a vagrant.

Isabella:
Is there some reason you feel compelled to discuss this with me?

Mathilda Bassett:
Because I brought you here. I wrote that letter.

Isabella:
You did?

Mathilda Bassett:
Yes.

Isabella:
[laughing] Well. That explains it. Gypsies. How marvelous.

Mathilda Bassett:
I suppose you'll want to go.

Isabella:
No. I have just found a reason to stay.