] Here!
ANNIE. No, ma'am, Ah don' want dat.
[_Making a show of reluctance_.
LAURA. Please take it.
ANNIE. No, ma'am, Ah don' want it. You need dat. Dat's breakfast money
for yuh, Miss Laura.
LAURA. Please take it, Annie. I might just as well get rid of this as
anything else.
ANNIE. [_Takes it rather reluctantly_.] Yuh always was so good, Miss
Laura. Sho' yuh don' want dis?
LAURA. Sure.
ANNIE. Sho' yo' goin' to get planty mo'?
LAURA. Sure.
MRS. FARLEY'S VOICE. [_Downstairs_.] Annie! Annie!
ANNIE. [_Going to door, opens it_.] Dat's Mis' Farley. [_To_ MRS.
FARLEY.] Yassum, Mis' Farley.
SAME VOICE. Is Miss Murdock up there?
ANNIE. Yassum, Mis' Farley, yassum!
MRS. FARLEY. Anything doin'?
ANNIE. Huh?
MRS. FARLEY. Anything doin'?
ANNIE. [_At door_.] Ah--Ah--hain't asked, Missy Farley.
MRS. FARLEY. Then do it.
LAURA. [_Coming to the rescue at the door. To_ ANNIE.] I'll answer
her. [_Out of door to_ MRS. FARLEY.] What is it, Mrs. Farley?
MRS. FARLEY. [_Her voice softened_.] Did ye have any luck this
morning, dearie?
LAURA. No; but I promise you faithfully to help you out this afternoon
or to-morrow.
MRS. FARLEY. Sure? Are you certain?
LAURA. Absolutely.
MRS. FARLEY. Well, I must say these people expect me to keep--[_Door
closed_.
LAURA _quietly closes the door, and_ MRS. FARLEY'S _rather strident
voice is heard indistinctly_. LAURA _sighs and walks toward table;
sits_.
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