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Page 41
... tell him some- thing ? He ain't down home now . This is New York . ' ' Uh - huh . Dis is New York . Dis is New York . An ' ain't New York in God's worl ' ? Don ' New York come under His eyes a - tall ? ' This was quite out of Ellie's ...
... tell him some- thing ? He ain't down home now . This is New York . ' ' Uh - huh . Dis is New York . Dis is New York . An ' ain't New York in God's worl ' ? Don ' New York come under His eyes a - tall ? ' This was quite out of Ellie's ...
Page 42
... tell me I started the argument at the party . Then you preach me a sermon on sin or clothes or somethin ' . Then you tell me to let them alone as if they did n't pester me dizzy . As if I was chasin ' them . Mammy did not dream what ...
... tell me I started the argument at the party . Then you preach me a sermon on sin or clothes or somethin ' . Then you tell me to let them alone as if they did n't pester me dizzy . As if I was chasin ' them . Mammy did not dream what ...
Page 43
... pay fo ' it . He charge enough rent . ' ' Maybe he would , but sump'n done got into Ellie - she raisin ' d ' devil . ' Clare out she go'n ' tell d ' lan'lawd - you th'owed it - yo ' name's wrote in THE PROMISED LAND 43.
... pay fo ' it . He charge enough rent . ' ' Maybe he would , but sump'n done got into Ellie - she raisin ' d ' devil . ' Clare out she go'n ' tell d ' lan'lawd - you th'owed it - yo ' name's wrote in THE PROMISED LAND 43.
Page 44
... tell ' uh bad enough ? ' ' You been puttin ' me in- else she would n ' ' a ' slam ' no do ' in my face . ' ' She slam ' d ' do ' in yo ' face ? ' ' Reckon you tole ' uh to do it . ' Wesley's anger subsided . He re- peated , with ...
... tell ' uh bad enough ? ' ' You been puttin ' me in- else she would n ' ' a ' slam ' no do ' in my face . ' ' She slam ' d ' do ' in yo ' face ? ' ' Reckon you tole ' uh to do it . ' Wesley's anger subsided . He re- peated , with ...
Page 45
... tell yuh ! ' He jumped up , his face still con- vulsed , and sped toward the outer door and the stairs . IV Again Mammy sat by her window , her fingers groping amid the thin leaves of her Bible . Out of the airshaft sounds came to her ...
... tell yuh ! ' He jumped up , his face still con- vulsed , and sped toward the outer door and the stairs . IV Again Mammy sat by her window , her fingers groping amid the thin leaves of her Bible . Out of the airshaft sounds came to her ...
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