“Lawsamussy, no! Women folks jes’ sets an’ watches. Tempy say she done march aroun’ enough fer Miss Ellanlouise, an’ as fer flingin’ broomsticks—she does enough of that ’thout no German gemmun a-showin’ her nothin’ ’bout how ter do it.”
“Do they drill with broomsticks?”
“Yassum, that’s what they tell me, but they do say——”
“Say what?” asked Helen as the colored girl hesitated.
“They don’t say nothin’!”
“You started to tell me something they say about broomsticks.”
“I ain’t started ter tell a thing!” and Chloe shut her mouth very tight and rolled her eyes back in a way she had that made you think she was going to turn herself inside out.
“What do they debate about?” asked Helen amused at Chloe’s sudden reserve.
“They ’spute ’bout the pros an’ cons of racin’.”