Act 2, Scene 1 Summary

Jo and a new friend, Geof, return from the fair. It is summer now, and Jo is obviously pregnant. As Geof looks around, he hints about how large her apartment is for just one person. Jo figures out that his landlady kicked him out for having another man in his apartment. She teases him at first, telling him that he can stay with her if he will tell her what two men do together. When he becomes offended enough to walk out, she apologizes and asks him to stay.

While Jo is gone from the room to get sheets and blankets for the couch, Geof finds her drawings. It turns out that he is an art student. He seems to think that she has potential, but he is critical of the lack of form and discipline in her work and wonders...