It’s a nigger!
Jack
[In sudden agony]. Yudelson, didn’t you tell my mama?
Yudelson
I told her everything, the same way you told me, Jakie, but she made me I should bring her here.
Sara
[In a monotone]. Jakie, your papa is sick. He is laying in bed. His face is white....
Jack
Mama, sit down, please.
[All this happens very quickly. And now Jack, for an instant, has forgotten everything except his mother’s presence. He places a chair for her and automatically sinks back in his chair, arms on knees, facing her.]