AUNT REBECCA (indicating the baby)
Who all know yo’ got dis yere chile?
LUCY BELLE
Only two or free people yere in Goat Alley—an’ Slim an’ Mag an’ yo’. Mag’s mah frien’ ovah in Anacostia.
AUNT REBECCA
Ef I did’n’ have dem gran’chillen I’d keep de baby fo’ yo’.
LUCY BELLE
No, no! Would’n’ wan’ yo’ ter do nuffin’ like dat.
AUNT REBECCA
W’at yo’ calc’late yo’ do?