Lucy
Well, you ain’ goin’ to git hit twell you luhns de questions. What de chief en’ of man?
Booker
Chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy himself for ever.
Lucy
[Coming swiftly forward and confronting him with a threatening look:] Enjoy hisself! I ain’ neveh teach you dat. You know betteh’n dat. Man got no right to enjoy hisself. He got to enjoy Gawd. You knows dat as well as you knows eatin’. An’ you got to say it an’ what’s mo’ you got to live it. Now what de chief en’ of man?
Booker
Enjoy God forever.
Lucy
Dat’s mo’ like it. [She turns her back and going to the ironing-board resumes her labours, still talking.] I’m raisin’ you fo’ de Kingdom an’ you’ah goin’ in de Kingdom ef pushin’ ’ll lan’ you dere. Because dis time anutheh yeah you may be in some lonesome graveyard. [Singing:]