Go back, w’ite man. Roll back, w’ite wave er de fiery lek. Once you lit de fieh an’ bu’n me. Once you po’ de blood an’ pizen me, but dis time Sam an’ me we’s de stronges’ an’ we leaves you go, we leaves you live tuh mek yore peace wif Gawd. We’re puore bloods heah, royal black—all but one an’ we’ll do de bes’ we kin erbout ’im. He shill be name Sam. Go back, w’ite man, an’ sin no mo’.
[She pauses and listens. There is no further sound from without. Granny staggers over to the sisters and shakes them, saying in a faint voice:]
Wake up, Sapphie; come tuh, Puhl. [As she does so she looks upward again and cries out:] Sam, we done hit, an’ we stays tuhgetheh!
[She sinks down slowly to the floor. The sisters have stirred and looked about stupidly. Pearl now sees Granny and bends over her.]
Pearl
[With a cry.] Ah—Granny Maumee’s dead.
[She runs terror-stricken to the door at back, crouching beside it. Sapphie then, after gazing intently at Granny, suddenly runs toward the door and dragging it open rushes out, followed by her sister.]
Both Girls
[Outside.] Granny Maumee’s dead! Granny Maumee’s dead!
[Their voices gradually die away in the distance, the door blows shut. The body of Granny Maumee is left alone in the room.]