Betty
Yes’m.
Elly
Yer Maw ud oughta told you.
Betty
Maw’s dead.
Elly
Yer Paw ud oughta told you, then.
Betty
He’s asleep. (The three smile at this. Lloyd and Betty begin to feel more at ease.) This is the first time I been out s’ early. I didn’t know it wuz cold. Now I know. ’Fore it gits sun-up it’s li’ble to be. Even after sun-up it’s apt to be cold here in the woods, ain’t it?