Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered

153/260something to comb hair over. When you see uh woman doin’ so muchrakin’ in her head, she’s combin’ at some man or ’nother.”“ ’Course she kin do as she please, but dat’s uh good chance she gotup at Sanford. De man’s wife died and he got uh lovely place tuh takeher to—already furnished. Better’n her house Joe left her.”“You better sense her intuh things then ’cause Tea Cake can’t donothin’ but help her spend whut she got. Ah reckon dat’s whut he’safter. Throwin’ away whut Joe Starks worked hard tuh git tuhgether.”“Dat’s de way it looks. Still and all, she’s her own woman. Sheoughta know by now whut she wants tuh do.”“De men wuz talkin’ ’bout it in de grove tuhday and givin’ her andTea Cake both de devil. Dey figger he’s spendin’ on her now in ordertuh make her spend on him later.”“Umph! Umph! Umph!”“Oh dey got it all figgered out. Maybe it ain’t as bad as they say, butthey talk it and make it sound real bad on her part.”“Dat’s jealousy and malice. Some uh dem very mens wants tuh dowhut dey claim deys skeered Tea Cake is doin’.”“De Pastor claim Tea Cake don’t ’low her tuh come tuh church onlyonce in awhile ’cause he want dat change tuh buy gas wid. Just draggin’de woman away from church. But anyhow, she’s yo’ bosom friend,so you better go see ’bout her. Drop uh lil hint here and dere and if TeaCake is tryin’ tuh rob her she kin see and know. Ah laks de woman andAh sho would hate tuh see her come up lak Mis’ Tyler.”