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[Draws back]

No! If He says I done it, that settles it! Let Him be true, though every man a liar! I’ve allus said that an’ I say it still! But what He meant, Sid, wus that I ’us his instrument!

[Grimly]

I see! You done it, but you done it all fer His sake!

[He goes toward him menacingly.]

[Backs away, shrieking with terror]

Don’t kill me! I tell you it ’us the power o’ the Lord a-workin’ in me!

[Shouts from the cellar in the same tone as ]

Pray, brethren, pray! The day is breakin’!

[Stops, surprised]

Is that Andy?

[Sings, mockingly]