Goat Alley: A Tragedy of Negro Life
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!

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