SLIM

Don’ go travelin’ roun’ at night by yo’se’f.

LUCY BELLE (shaking her head)

LUCY BELLE

Don’ yo’ worry—I ain’ gwine ter take no chances. (A sudden look of apprehension coming into her face.) He gwine ter beat it right ovah ter Carter Street—

SLIM

SLIM

Nobody ovah dere know whar yo’ livin’.

LUCY BELLE

LUCY BELLE

Nobody—nobody ’cept—(She breaks off and stares fixedly before her.)

SLIM

SLIM

Who—?

LUCY BELLE

LUCY BELLE

Lizzie Gibbs.

(Aunt Rebecca enters, Left, and closes the door carefully after her.)

AUNT REBECCA (discovering Slim)

AUNT REBECCA

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