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Don’t look at me like that, Jude! It’s perfectly all right! [Dropping into the emotional cadence again] The Scripture says fer the brethren an’ sisteren to greet one another with a holy kiss! That’s all it wus, Jude—jist a holy kiss! Go right on trustin’ Him—fully trustin’—sweetly trustin’

[Yielding to her former mood]

Halleluyah! Halleluyah!

Let them that’s subjec’ to the law live by it. Me an’ you ain’t subjec’ to it. We’ve been redeemed!

Glory! Halleluyah!

[Slipping his arm around her again]

It’s all right, Jude! ’Tain’t no harm fer the Lord’s lambs to play together! Go right on trustin’!

Glory! Glory! Halleluyah!

[''Some one is heard entering the kitchen. He releases and stands by the door innocently''.]