LUCY BELLE
Le’s go ter Baltimo’. Dey was mo’ wuk w’en yo’ was ovah dere befo’—an’ dey paid bettah wages.
SAM
Don’ know how it is now.
LUCY BELLE
Jes’ de same—ev’ybody tell me. An’—an’ ef we stay yere, honey—de po-lice be aftah yo’ all de time.
SAM
No dey won’.
LUCY BELLE