LUCY BELLE
Hate him like poison! (Hesitatingly.) I—I ain’ nevah tol’ him dat I live wid Jeff.
AUNT REBECCA
Yo’ ain’—?
LUCY BELLE
Ain’ had de nerve! He know dat I married Ed Cales—an’ I tol’ him mos’ ev’ythin’ else—an’ he say w’at is pas is pas’. But yo’ see it was Jeff dat bus’ him an’ me up befo’—an’ he call him de hardes’ niggah in Wash’nin’—
AUNT REBECCA
Any way ob him findin’ out—?
LUCY BELLE
Only ef somebody tell him.