LUCY BELLE

I—I done tol’ yo’ dat I don’ know whar Sam is!

LIZZIE (harshly)

Look yere, gal, d’yo’ think yo’ puttin’ somefin’ ovah on me?

LUCY BELLE

Dat’s de Gawd’s truf—I’m tellin’ yo’.

LIZZIE

Tryin’ ter make out he ain’ nevah yere—!

LUCY BELLE