"Is Sun Boy at home?"
"Yes, suh. He home."
"Tell him to come up here quick."
"Yes, suh."
"I've got to go over to the Lawson place. Miss Nannie will
have to go too. You tell Sun Boy to hitch up the buggy for Miss
Nannie, and y'all help her load up some vittles and stuff to
take."
"Yes, suh." Doanie started to leave.
"And, Doanie, send one of your boys to tell Bett to come. She
can cook today for Pa and Ma. Me and Miss Nannie may not get back
before night, so tell Bett for her and Hollis to milk and feed
the livestock."
"Yes, suh. I tell her."
Mama was rushing around, gathering up my clothes. She seemed
in the biggest kind of hurry, but she whispered that I ought to
look out the side window to see the icicles.
I was still watching the icicles when Doanie flew out the
yard gate, running as fast as she could go. One corner of her
white head rag came untied before she got as far as the well, but
she didn't stop to fasten it back in place. To keep it from
flapping in her eyes, she jerked it off her head as she
disappeared around the side of the garden.
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