Pearl
[With a half-smothered exclamation.] Sapphie!
[Sapphie motions her to be silent and softly, fearfully enters the room.]
Sapphie
[In a low voice.] Wheah Granny Maumee?
Pearl
She in the baid-room fixin’ up. Wheah’s youah husband?
Sapphie
[After a pause.] He—didn’—come—