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

230/260yard,” he told her as she straightened up from fixing the bed. “You staywhere Ah kin see yuh.”“All right, Tea Cake, jus’ as you say.”“And if Mis’ Turner’s lap-legged brother come prowlin’ by heahyou kin tell ’im Ah got him stopped wid four wheel brakes. ’Tain’t noneed of him standin’ ’round watchin’ de job.”“Ah won’t be tellin’ ’im nothin’ ’cause Ah don’t expect tuh see ’im.”Tea Cake had two bad attacks that night. Janie saw a changing lookcome in his face. Tea Cake was gone. Something else was looking outof his face. She made up her mind to be off after the doctor with thefirst glow of day. So she was up and dressed when Tea Cake awokefrom the fitful sleep that had come to him just before day. He almostsnarled when he saw her dressed to go.“Where are you goin’, Janie?”“After de doctor, Tea Cake. You’se too sick tuh be heah in dis house’thout de doctah. Maybe we oughta git yuh tuh de hospital.”“Ah ain’t goin’ tuh no hospital no where. Put dat in yo’ pipe andsmoke it. Guess you tired uh waitin’ on me and doing fuh me. Dat ain’tde way Ah been wid you. Ah never is been able tuh do enough fuhyuh.”“Tea Cake, you’se sick. You’se takin’ everything in de way Ah don’tmean it. Ah couldn’t never be tired uh waitin’ on you. Ah’m justskeered you’se too sick fuh me tuh handle. Ah wants yuh tuh git well,honey. Dat’s all.”