EMMA
: Who are they?
HAYNES
: Just don’t let him in. Whatever you do, don’t let him in!
EMMA
: Please, don’t go down in the basement, Mr. Haynes.
HAYNES
: You don’t know me. You’ve never seen me. I don’t exist.
(Doorbell rings again. Even louder. HAYNES bolts down staircase and disappears. EMMA alone.)
EMMA
: Oh, criminy! Jeepers!
(She crosses over to door, stops, but doesn’t open it. She yells through door.)
Who is it?
WELCH’S VOICE
: It’s me again, Emma! It’s only me.
(EMMA backs away at sound of his voice.)
EMMA
: Who?
WELCH’S VOICE
: You know who, Emma. I came by yesterday with the cookies. Remember?
EMMA
: What do you want this time? And how in the heck do you know my name?
WELCH’S VOICE
: I’d just like to ask you some more questions about the house.
EMMA
: No
! N
o more questions! You just get away from here. Go down and see my husband. He’s down there by the barn. You go down there and ask him your questions. Don’t ask me.
WELCH’S VOICE
: I’ve already seen your husband, Emma.
EMMA
: You have?
WELCH’S VOICE
: Yes, I saw him yesterday.
EMMA
: He told me he never saw you.
WELCH’S VOICE
: Well, I had a good long talk with him.
EMMA
: And what did he say?
WELCH’S VOICE
: He said he thought we could work something out.
(WELCH opens door and steps right in, closing door behind him. EMMA backs up.)
EMMA
: Don’t! Don’t you dare come in here! What’re you doing!?
WELCH
: He said you wouldn’t mind.
EMMA
: Well, I do mind! You can’t just come busting into people’s houses like this. Who do you think you are?