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REBECCA
I brought these walnuts to trade.

He looks into the bag - then empties that walnuts onto a weighing scale - looks to her ...

MR. HOWARD
That's one dollar an' twenty cents.

REBECCA
I wanta get some things.

MR. HOWARD
I hope it ain't a lot, 'cause I can't give you no more credit till the croppin' season gits back, that is if Na --

REBECCA
I didn't say nothin' 'bout credit, Mr. Howard.

MR. HOWARD
Whatcha wanta order?

REBECCA
I need some nutmeg, flour, eggs, sugar, and .....

A few minutes later, he puts her last article up on the counter.

MR. HOWARD
Now what I wanta talk to you 'bout is Nathan. He oughtn' done what he did: sneakin into the James' place and takin' they goods. That looks bad on me. I been good to y'all - didn't I go to all that trouble to git the people of Landsdown to let your David Lee go to they school? Didn't I?

With the mood she's in, Rebecca does not have anything to say to this man concerning Nathan, David Lee or that damn school. For a moment he waits for her to say something and then he goes on ---

MR. HOWARD (CONT'D)
And another thing; with Nathan stuck in jail and all, how you gon' crop for me when the spring season comes, huh?

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