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Their Eyes Were Watching God 40 143meet him mo' special. You and him would make up uh swell coupleif you wuzn't already married. He's uh fine carpenter, whenhe kin git anything tuh do.""Yeah, maybe so. But Ah is married now, so 'tain't no use inconsiderin'."Mrs. Turner finally rose to go after being very firm about severalother viewpoints of either herself, her son or her brother. Shebegged Janie to drop in on her anytime, but never once mentioningTea Cake. Finally she was gone and Janie hurried to herkitchen to put on supper and found Tea Cake sitting in there withhis head between his hands."Tea Cake! Ah didn't know you wuz home.""Ah know yuh didn't. Ah been heah uh long time listenin' todat heifer run me down rah de dawgs uh try tuh tole you offfrom me.""So dat whut she wuz up to? Ah didn't know.""'Course she is. She got some no-count brother she wantsyuh tuh hook up wid and take keer of Ah reckon.""Shucks! If dat's her notion she's barkin' up de wrong tree.Mah hands is full already.""Thanky Ma'am. Ah hates dat woman lak poison. Keep herfrom round dis house. Her look lak uh white woman! Wid datmeriny skin and hair jus' as close tuh her head as ninety-nine istuh uh hundred! Since she hate black folks so, she don't need ourmoney in her ol' eatin' place. Ah'll pass de word along. We kin gotuh dat white man's place and git good treatment. Her and datwhittled-down husband uh hers! And dat son! He's jus' uh dirtytrick her womb played on her. Ah'm telling her husband tuh keepher home. Ah don't want her round dis house."One day Tea Cake met Turner and his son on the street. Hewas a vanishing-looking kind of a man as if there used to be partsabout him that stuck out individually but now he hadn't a thing