Lucy
See dat. You knows it but you des won’t live hit. Well, I’m goin’ live it into you. I’m goin’ slap sin out of you. [She gives him another shake.] An’ de grace into you. Now you say dat commandment sevumty times sevun. Begin. Say hit.
Booker
Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not steal—
[The door at back opens and Madison Sparrow stands in the doorway looking on the scene within the room. He is a tall, loose-jointed, lazy-looking man. In one hand he carries a long green bag.]
Madison
[After a survey of the situation.] What de boy do?
Lucy
He steal, dat what he do.