LUCY BELLE (in a low, choking voice)

’Lo—!

(Sam’s eyes are first upon one, then the other, in a gaze of fierce, tigerish scrutiny.)

LIZZIE (with a wink and a laugh as she slouches toward the door, Back)

Great lil’ gal, Sam—!

LUCY BELLE (angrily)

Yo’—yo’—

LIZZIE

Go on an’ say it! I dare yo’—!

SAM (to Lizzie)