CHICK (making an obsequious bow)

Dat’s me!

LUCY BELLE

Come in!

(He enters, carrying a suit case, which he deposits near the door. He looks a little more spruce than in the preceding act and carries himself with a decidedly prosperous air. Lucy Belle closes the door, and they both come down to Center.)

CHICK

De boat jes’ git in.

LUCY BELLE

It did—?

CHICK