Granny
Den I goes to primp up an’ mek ready to receive.
Pearl
Yes, it’s only perlite to put on ouah best to meet the husband.
Granny
I dresses fer none but de chile. [She goes slowly out at left.]
Pearl
[Calling.] Betteh lay down fust, they won’t be here for two hour yet. I’ll be there pres’n’ly.
[She continues to bestir herself about the room and then starts to follow Granny. There is a faint tap at the door at right. Pearl stops and listens. The tapping is repeated. She goes and opens the door. A young woman, looking much like Pearl and of about the same age, but gaudily dressed and carrying a baby, stands in the doorway.]