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Their Eyes Were Watching God Aar 151in de place. Mis' Turner is too nice uh woman fuh dat. In fact, she'smore nicer than anybody else on de muck." Mrs. Turner beamedon Tea Cake."Ah knows dat. All of us knows it. But Ah don't give uhdamn how nice she is, Ah got tuh have some place tuh set downand eat. Sop ain't gointuh bluff me, neither. Let 'im fight lak aman. Take yo' hands off me, Tea Cake.""Naw, Ah won't neither. You comin' on outa de place.""Who gointuh make me come out?""Me, dat's who. Ah'm in heah, ain't Ah? If you don't wanttuh respect nice people lak Mrs. Turner, God knows you gointuhrespect me! Come on outa heah, Coodemay.""Turn him loose, Tea Cake!" Sterrett shouted. "Dat's mahbuddy. Us come in heah together and he ain't goin' nowhereuntil Ah go mahself.""Well, both of yuh is goin'!" Tea Cake shouted and fasteneddown on Coodemay. Dockery grabbed Sterrett and they wrassledall over the place. Some more joined in and dishes and tablesbegan to crash.Mrs. Turner saw with dismay that Tea Cake's taking themout was worse than letting them stay in. She ran out in the backsomewhere and got her husband to put a stop to things. He camein, took a look and squinched down into a chair in an off cornerand didn't open his mouth. So Mrs. Turner struggled into themass and caught Tea Cake by the arm."Dat's all right, Tea Cake, Ah 'predate yo' help, but leave'em alone.""Naw suh, Mis' Turner, Ah'm gointuh show 'em dey can'tcome runnin' over nice people and loud-talk no place whilstAh'm around. Dey goin' outa heah!"By that time everybody in and around the place was takingsides. Somehow or other Mrs. Turner fell down and nobody