" 'Whut make her keep her head tied up lak some ole 'oman round de store? nobody couldnt git me tuh tie no rag on mah head is Ah had hair lak dat.'
'Maybe he make her do it. Maybe he skeered some de rest us mens might touch it round dat store. It sho is uh hidden mystery tub me.'
'She sho don't talk much. De way he rears and pitches in de store sometimes when she make uh mistake is sort of ungodly, but she don't seem to mind at all. Reckon dey understand one 'nother.'
The town had a basketful of feelings good and bad about Joe's positions and possessions, but none had the temerity to challenge him. They bowed down to rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down" (50)
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