No! [Pg 39] [Pg 39] STELLA ADLER AS “ELLY” Elly (softly) Elly Then you won’t understand. This boy is that a-way. You cain’t kill a thing like that. If you killed him, you’d be killin’ w’at uz good in you once ... if they uz ever anything.... Butch Butch You’re preachin’. Let up! Whut’d you think this is? It’s got to be the way I say, Elly. If I wanna save my neck, I got to throw the blame on some one else.... Elly (triumphantly) Elly Not that boy! I’ll tell you another reason why! If you’d a-looked at him, you’d know the reason yerself! Anybody, even the Shuruff a-lookin’ at him would know that that boy couldn’t do nuthin’ wrong, he couldn’t kill a man.... Butch Butch Elly! Elly Elly
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