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Their Eyes Were Watching God ASP 57She walked away from the porch and found something to busyherself with in the back of the store so she did not hear Jody whenhe stopped laughing. She didn't know that he had heard her, butshe did hear him yell out, "Lum, I god, dat's enough! Y'all donehad yo' fun now. Stop yo' foolishness and go tell Matt Bonner Ahwants tuh have uh talk wid him right away."Janie came back out front and sat down. She didn't say anythingand neither did Joe. But after a while he looked down at hisfeet and said, "Janie, Ah reckon you better go fetch me dem oldblack gaiters. Dese tan shoes sets mah feet on fire. Plenty room in'em, but they hurts regardless."She got up without a word and went off for the shoes. A littlewar of defense for helpless things was going on inside her. Peopleought to have some regard for helpless things. She wanted to fightabout it. "But Ah hates disagreement and confusion, so Ah betternot talk. It makes it hard tuh git along." She didn't hurry back.She fumbled around long enough to get her face straight. Whenshe got back, Joe was talking with Matt."Fifteen dollars? I god you'se as crazy as uh betsy bug! Fivedollars.""L-1-less we strack uh compermise, Brother Mayor. Lessm-make it ten.""Five dollars." Joe rolled his cigar in his mouth and rolled hiseyes away indifferently."If dat mule is wuth somethin' tuh you, Brother Mayor, he'swuth mo' tuh me. More special when Ah got uh job uh worktuhmorrow.""Five dollars.""All right, Brother Mayor. If you wants tuh rob uh poorman lak me uh everything he got tuh make uh livin' wid, Ah'll takede five dollars. Dat mule been wid me twenty-three years. It'smighty hard."