LIZZIE Tryin’ ter make out he ain’ nevah yere—! [30] [30] LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE He ain’—! Hones’— LIZZIE LIZZIE Yo’ lie—! Yo’ knows whar he is—an’ w’en he come home as well as yo’ standin’ dere—! LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE I ain’ seen him in Gawd knows w’en—! LIZZIE LIZZIE People in de neighborhood tell me dey see him yere ev’y few days—! LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE Dey crazy—! Shootin’ off dey moufs ’bout somefin’ dey don’ know nuffin’ ’bout—! LIZZIE