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

126/260“Naw, Jody, it wasn’t because Ah didn’t have no sympathy. Ah haduh lavish uh dat. Ah just didn’t never git no chance tuh use none of it.You wouldn’t let me.”“Dat’s right, blame everything on me. Ah wouldn’t let you show nofeelin’! When, Janie, dat’s all Ah ever wanted or desired. Now youcome blamin’ me!”“ ’Tain’t dat, Jody. Ah ain’t here tuh blame nobody. Ah’m just tryin’tuh make you know what kinda person Ah is befo’ it’s too late.”“Too late?” he whispered.His eyes buckled in a vacant-mouthed terror and she saw the awfulsurprise in his face and answered it.“Yeah, Jody, don’t keer whut dat multiplied cockroach told yuh tuhgit yo’ money, you got tuh die, and yuh can’t live.”A deep sob came out of Jody’s weak frame. It was like beating abass drum in a hen-house. Then it rose high like pulling in atrombone.“Janie! Janie! don’t tell me Ah got tuh die, and Ah ain’t used tuhthinkin’ ’bout it.”“ ’Tain’t really no need of you dying, Jody, if you had of—de doctor—butit don’t do no good bringin’ dat up now. Dat’s just whut Ahwants tuh say, Jody. You wouldn’t listen. You done lived wid me fortwenty years and you don’t half know me atall. And you could have butyou was so busy worshippin’ de works of yo’ own hands, and cuffin’folks around in their minds till you didn’t see uh whole heap uh thingsyuh could have.”