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216 The Conjure Woman
Mars' Marrabbo Utley's plantation w'at Jeff use' ter go wid some befo' he got 'quainted wid Chloe. Den she' mence' ter figger back, en cho' 'nuff dey wuz two er th'ee time in de las' week w'en she'd be'n he'pin' de ladies wid dey dressin' en udder fixin's in de ebenin', en Jeff mought 'a' gone down ter de swamp widout her knownin' 'bout it at all. En den she'mence'ter'member little things w'at she had n' tuk no notive of befo', en w'at 'u'd make it 'pear lack Jeff hand sump'n on his min'.

"Chloe set a monst'us heap er sto' by Jeff en would 'a' done mos' anythin' fer 'im, so long ez hed stuck ter her. But Chloe wuz a mighty jealous 'omen, en w'iles she did n' b'liebe w'at Hannibal said, she seed how it could 'a' be'n so, en she 'termine fer ter fin' out fer her-se'f whuther it wuz so er no.

"Now, Chloe had n' seed Jeff all day, fer Mars' Dugal had sont Jeff ober ter