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’.