Dorris was the first one to start talking again.
"Clyde, your girl up and got married!"
"Which one? You know I had me several when I left here!"
"I'm talking about Lucille."
"Oh, Lucille! Yeah, Mama wrote me about her and Ollie Goode jumping the broom. Too bad. You can tell I'm plain heartbroken, can't you?"
"Ah, I tell y'all, the Goodes had an infare to end all infares!"
"What was so special about it, Mama?"
"Folks told that Mrs. Goode baked five different layer cakes, and then she thought that wouldn't make a big enough show. So, at the last minute, just before Ollie brought his bride home, she dashed in and iced three stacks of corn bread to make them look like three more layer cakes sitting on the sideboard!"
"Sure enough, Mama?" Gertie asked.
"That's what they told on Mrs. Goode. She does like to put on the dog whenever there's any sort of a to-do."