But it opened and his mother's great form blocked the passage.
"What deh hell's deh matter wid yeh ?" exclaimed she, coming into the rooms.
Jimmie gave vent to a sardonic curse and then laughed heavily.
"Well, Maggie's gone teh deh devil! Dat's what! See ?" "Eh ?" said his mother.
"Maggie's gone teh deh devil! Are yehs deaf ?" roared Jimmie, impatiently.
"Deh hell she has," murmured the mother, astounded.
Jimmie grunted, and then began to stare out at the window.

His mother sat down in a chair, but a moment later sprang erect and delivered a maddened whirl of oaths.

Her son turned to look at her as she reeled and swayed in the middle of the room, her fierce face convulsed with passion, her blotched arms raised high in imprecation.
"May Gawd curse her forever," she shrieked.

"May she eat nothin' but stones and deh dirt in deh street.

May she sleep in deh gutter an' never see deh sun shine agin.