But there wasnothing apparent of the mop and
furnace-dust about him now. Hes what they call a Doctor of Philosophy.
Asthe son of a real dentist, Neil had found this
slightly comic. The Ebenezer Baptist Church was a small tidy oblong of brick, withan
absurd dwarf steeple.
Honestly, Wash, I had no idea of laughing. As I
often say, all the niggertroops were insubordinate and afraid of cold steel. Joe,
but that its membershad enthusiastically brotherhooded. Ive never even had the
chance to see them.
Can you stand a giddy round of bridge at
CurtissHavocks tonight?
He went by bus to the Five Points, and walked
westward on MayoStreet. Neil wanted to demand of Mac, How can you stand listening to
thatwhite flannel-mouth? Ive never even had the chance to see them. He laughed
again, not affectedly, not for any audience, not evenfor his own audience. Daddy, I
never did have such alovely birthday, not in all my life. Neilwatched her, and
remembered that not for many days had he thoughtof the Blood Royal. That was
doubtful, whenyou considered Sweeney Fishberg or Dr.
Prutt and you are makinga mistake in having this
booth so severe in color.
I said to them,Hes about my oldest friend, that
boy, and am I proud of him!
Something of Washs professional Dixie dialect crept
back intohumble speech as he insisted, No, SUH! Those niggers are so dumb theyll
believeit.
Randy was fretting, Of course theres quite a few
nigger G. Then, through a narrow side door to the chancel, the Reverend Dr.