LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE Her name Lizzie Gibbs—an’ she de hardes’ ole yallow gal yo’ evah seen. AUNT REBECCA AUNT REBECCA She come ’roun’ yere—! LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE Sam only gits home onct or twict a week—mos’ly only onct. I allas goes ter de do’ w’en he’s yere—an’ ef she come—he duck upstairs fo’ she kin lay eyes on him. AUNT REBECCA AUNT REBECCA Would’n’ stan’ fo’ nuffin’ like dat! LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE W’at yo’ gwine ter do? She so hard she liable ter do anathin’. She—she was yere dis mawnin’. She say she gwine ter keep comin’ ’till she see Sam. AUNT REBECCA AUNT REBECCA Gawd-a-massy! Put de po-lice on her—! LUCY BELLE (shakes her head) LUCY BELLE