Keep it shet! SLIM SLIM Yo’ damn right I will! LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE An’ keep yo’ face out-a dis house! (Harshly, as she surveys him with a glare.) Yo’ ain’ nevah done nuffin’ fo’ me—nuffin’ at all! SLIM SLIM Yo’ lie—! Ef it had’n’ been fo’ me yo’ been cleaned up a dozen times. LUCY BELLE (with a derisive laugh) LUCY BELLE Listen ter yo’! SLIM SLIM W’at ’bout dat time yo’s sick—? LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE Yo’ wuk fo’ a week—an’ buy de stuff we eat. Nevah give me a cent! [41]