Aun’ Becky! I’se so glad ter see yo’ agin! ’Deed I is! (Draws up a chair and sits near her.)
AUNT REBECCA (affectionately)
Po’ful glad ter see yo’, honey!
LUCY BELLE
Seem like ole times—seein’ yo’! Lessee—how-some long yo’ all been ’way?
AUNT REBECCA (reflectively)
Um! Um! (Puts a hand to her head and purses her lips.) Dat gin got mah haid all tangle up! Um! Keep tellin’ G’orge whiskey suit me bettah—but he like gin. How long? Um! Um! Gawd-a-massy! Be a yeah in Feb-wary!
(Lucy Belle exclaims incredulously.)
LUCY BELLE
Go ’long!