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Their Eyes Were Watching God 411, 111"Aw she don't mean nothin' by it. Ah think she's sort ofstuck on dat undertaker up at Sanford.""It's somebody 'cause she looks might good dese days. Newdresses and her hair combed a different way nearly every day. Yougot to have something to comb hair over. When you see uhwoman doin' so much rakin' in her head, she's combin' at someman or 'nother.""'Course she kin do as she please, but dat's uh good chanceshe got up at Sanford. De man's wife died and he got uh lovelyplace tuh take her to—already furnished. Better'n her house Joeleft her.""You better sense her intuh things then 'cause Tea Cake can'tdo nothin' but help her spend whut she got. Ah reckon dat'swhut he's after. Throwin' away whut Joe Starks worked hard tuhgit tuhgether.""Dat's de way it looks. Still and all, she's her own woman.She oughta know by now whut she wants tuh do.""De men wuz talkin"bout it in de grove tuhday and givin'her and Tea Cake both de devil. Dey figger he's spendin' on hernow in order tuh make her spend on him later.""Umph! Umph! Umph!""Oh dey got it all figgered out. Maybe it ain't as bad as theysay, but they talk it and make it sound real bad on her part.""Dat's jealousy and malice. Some uh dem very mens wantstuh do whut dey claim deys skeered Tea Cake is doin'.""De Pastor claim Tea Cake don't 'low her tuh come tuhchurch only once in awhile 'cause he want dat change tuh buy gaswid. Just draggin' de woman away from church. But anyhow,she's yo' bosom friend, so you better go see 'bout her. Drop uhlil hint here and dere and if Tea Cake is tryin' tuh rob her she kinsee and know. Ah laks de woman and Ah sho would hate tuh seeher come up lak Mis' Tyler."