AUNT REBECCA (with a good-natured chuckle)

Listen ter yo!

LUCY BELLE (her face clouding)

But he ain’ had such good luck lately—.

AUNT REBECCA

How come dat—?

LUCY BELLE

I dunno—. Till ’bout a monf ago he wuk steady fo de Simpson Express Company. Drive a wagon fo’ dem.

AUNT REBECCA

Dat w’at he doin’ w’en I lef’.