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Rh He’s sayin’: “Tony, you been one goddam sonuvabitch for playin’ goddam dirty trick on Amy!” Da’s w’at God is sayin’, Joe, an’ I know verra good w’at God is goin’ do more. Just for playin’ goddam dirty trick like dat on Amy, Tony don’ never have no kids, never! W’at you think is mak’ me do such a thing, Joe?

Oh, hell, you always was crazy.

Ees no good, for such a bad fella like me gettin’ married. God is goin’ fix me playnta, all right,

I seen God let worse guys’n you get by.

You think?

If you want to square things, you better make Amy glad you done what you done.

You think? Yes. [Pause.] Look, Joe. [He draws a plush box from under his blanket.] Ees present for Amy. You open him.