SAM
Yere.
LUCY BELLE
Thanks, honey. Be right back. Ef Israel hollers go in dere an’ beat him.
(Sam nods. She goes out hurriedly, Back. Sam reaches over on the table, picks up his pipe and lights it. A knock sounds on the door, Back.)
SAM
Come in!
(The door, Back, opens and Lizzie Gibbs enters. Sam twists about to see who it is.)
LIZZIE (doing a sort of languorous muscle dance as she advances)