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Their Eyes Were Watching God 40 27"Whut you need two mules fuh? Lessen you aims to swap offdis one.""Naw, Ah needs two mules dis yeah. Taters is goin' tuh betaters in de fall. Bringin' big prices. Ah aims tuh run two plows,and dis man Ah'm talkin"bout is got uh mule all gentled up soeven uh woman kin handle 'im."Logan held his wad of tobacco real still in his jaw like a thermometerof his feelings while he studied Janie's face and waitedfor her to say something."So Ah thought Ah mout as well go see." He tagged on andswallowed to kill time but Janie said nothing except, "Ah'll cutde p'taters fuh yuh. When yuh comin' back?""Don't know exactly. Round dust dark Ah reckon. It's uhsorta long trip—specially if Ah hafter lead one on de way back."When Janie had finished indoors she sat down in the barn withthe potatoes. But springtime reached her in there so she movedeverything to a place in the yard where she could see the road. Thenoon sun filtered through the leaves of the fine oak tree where shesat and made lacy patterns on the ground. She had been there along time when she heard whistling coming down the road.It was a cityfied, stylish dressed man with his hat set at an anglethat didn't belong in these parts. His coat was over his arm, but hedidn't need it to represent his clothes. The shirt with the silksleeveholders was dazzling enough for the world. He whistled,mopped his face and walked like he knew where he was going. Hewas a seal-brown color but he acted like Mr. Washburn or somebodylike that to Janie. Where would such a man be coming fromand where was he going? He didn't look her way nor no other wayexcept straight ahead, so Janie ran to the pump and jerked the handlehard while she pumped. It made a loud noise and also madeher heavy hair fall down. So he stopped and looked hard, and thenhe asked her for a cool drink of water.