LUCY BELLE
W’at did yo’ do?
SLIM
Tol’ him I did’n’ know nuffin’ ’bout yo’.
LUCY BELLE (gratefully)
Yo’ did, Slim—yo’ did—?
SLIM
W’at yo’ think I is—some kin’-a fool dat has ter be tol’ w’at ter say?
LUCY BELLE
No, no, Slim. But I thought maybe yo’ might-a been scar’t—an’ say somefin’ fo’ yo’ think.