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Marse Robert, she told him, soon as he and Frances came in the hall door,
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Ise gwine leab yuh.
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Ise gwine leab yuh! The old woman steadied herself against the frame of the library door.
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Bill--he's come back!
human
He has!
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An' he's sick, an' he's got no home.
human
And you feel yourself called on to take care of him?
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Who else gwine do it? Ise gwine tek him home!
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Out there! exclaimed Frances, in dismay, and then she asked practically.
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What's the matter with him?
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De Lawd only knows! He's jes' all crippled up, an' his-- Lawd! Lawd!
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Now, Susan! comforted Frances,
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I done sont word to Roxie to come hyar an' cook fur you.
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I'm glad of that!
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I'll carry you both out to-morrow, declared Frances,
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He ain't so bad as he was, said Susan meekly,
human
And now they have discharged him, he's come down here on you!
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Marse Robert, he said-- She stopped, knowing the flimsiness of Bill's excuses,
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He's de onliest chile Ise got,
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All right! all right.
human
I specs yuh thinks ernough o' yours!
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There, father! Frances laughed as she slipped her hand through his arm,
human
That's so!