LIZZIE

Sho’! Big as life.

SAM

Yo’ lie—!

LIZZIE

Ain’ she tol’ yo’? Oh, mah Gawd! (Gives a raucous, sardonic laugh.) Ask her—! She’ll tell yo’ all ’bout it! I knowed yo’d fall fo’ a wench like her!

(The door, Back, opens and Lucy Belle enters, carrying several small packages. An expression of blank dismay floods her face upon discovering Lizzie.)

LIZZIE (regarding her with an expression of leering vengeance)

H’yo’, Luce—!