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Their Eyes Were Watching God 4171 35huge live oak tree almost sat upright at the tone of his voice. Theystared at Joe's face, his clothes and his wife."Where y'all come from in sich uh big haste?" Lee Coker asked."Middle Georgy," Starks answered briskly. "Joe Starks is mahname, from in and through Georgy.""You and yo' daughter goin' tuh join wid us in fellowship?"the other reclining figure asked. "Mighty glad tuh have yuh.Hicks is the name. Guv'nor Amos Hicks from Buford, SouthCarolina. Free, single, disengaged.""I god, Ah ain't nowhere near old enough to have no growndaughter. This here is mah wife."Hicks sank back and lost interest at once."Where is de Mayor?" Starks persisted. "Ah wants tuh talkwid him.""Youse uh mite too previous for dat," Coker told him. "Usain't got none yit.""Ain't got no Mayor! Well, who tells y'all what to do?""Nobody. Everybody's grown. And then agin, Ah reckon usjust ain't thought about it. Ah know Ah ain't.""Ah did think about it one day," Hicks said dreamily, "butthen Ah forgot it and ain't thought about it since then.""No wonder things ain't no better," Joe commented. "Ah'mbuyin' in here, and buyin' in big. Soon's we find some place tosleep tonight us menfolks got to call people together and form acommittee. Then we can get things movin' round here.""Ah kin point yuh where yuh kin sleep," Hicks offered."Man got his house done built and his wife ain't come yet."Starks and Janie moved on off in the direction indicated withHicks and Coker boring into their backs with looks."Dat man talks like a section foreman," Coker commented."He's mighty compellment.""Shucks!" said Hicks. "Mah britches is just as long as his. But