Elly

I guess we cain’t....

Butch (scornfully)

No, ’course not! You never had no idee of it. You wuz jist talkin’....

Elly

I did have an idee. I thought—when I seen ’em outside ... they might be a way of throwin’ the blame onto that boy, someway....

Butch (rising—excited)

Elly! You thought of blamin’ him with....

Elly

Yes. ’Fore I seen him, I did. After he come in, I knowed we couldn’t.