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Their Eyes Were Watching God Olp 179the sight of the water was enough. He was on the kitchen floor ingreat agony when she returned. She petted him, soothed him,and got him back to bed. She made up her mind to go see aboutthat medicine from Palm Beach. Maybe she could find somebodyto drive over there for it."Feel better now, Tea Cake, baby chile?""Uh huh, uh little.""Well, b'lieve Ah'll rake up de front yard. De mens is gotcane chewin's and peanut hulls all over de place. Don't want dedoctah tuh come back heah and find it still de same.""Don't take too long, Janie. Don't lak tuh be by mahselfwhen Ah'm sick."She ran down the road just as fast as she could. Halfway totown she met Sop-de-Bottom and Dockery coming towards her."Hello, Janie, how's Tea Cake?""Pretty bad off. Ah'm gointuh see 'bout medicine fuh 'imright now.""Doctor told somebody he wuz sick so us come tuh see.Thought somethin' he never come tuh work.""Y'all set wid 'im till Ah git back. He need de company rightlong in heah."She fanned on down the road to town and found Dr. Simmons.Yes, he had had an answer. They didn't have any serum butthey had wired Miami to send it. She needn't worry. It would bethere early the next morning if not before. People didn't foolaround in a case like that. No, it wouldn't do for her to hire nocar to go after it. Just go home and wait. That was all. When shereached home the visitors rose to go.When they were alone Tea Cake wanted to put his head inJanie's lap and tell her how he felt and let her mama him in hersweet way. But something Sop had told him made his tongue liecold and heavy like a dead lizard between his jaws. Mrs. Turner's