And you and I will be friends, just as we've always been, and--" "Keziah, stop that! Stop it, do you hear! I don't want to listen to such stuff.

I tell you I'm past soft soap, and I didn't think you'd give it to me." "Nat!" "Oh, yes, 'Nat'! A lot you care for 'Nat'! Not a reason on God's footstool why you won't have me--except one, and that one that you don't want me." "Please, Nat! I can hardly believe this is you.

This trouble with your father has upset you.

You don't mean what you say.

You're not talkin' like yourself and--" "Stop it, I tell you.