获得诺贝尔文学 诺贝尔文学经典:《宠儿》第13章Part5

诺贝尔文学经典:《宠儿》第13章Part5  

"Yes
sir.""Keep your seat
Jenny
" said the sister
and that good news got better.
When they asked what work she could do
instead of reeling off the hundreds of tasks she hadperformed
she asked about the slaughterhouse. She was too old for that
they said.
"She's the best cobbler you ever see
" said Mr. Garner.
"Cobbler?" Sister Bodwin raised her black thick eyebrows. "Who taught you that?""Was a slave taught me
" said Baby Suggs.
"New boots
or just repair?""New
old
anything.""Well
" said Brother Bodwin
"that'll be something
but you'll need more.""What about taking in wash?" asked Sister Bodwin.
"Yes
ma'am.""Two cents a pound.""Yes
ma'am. But where's the in?""What?""You said 'take in wash.' Where is the 'in'? Where I'm going to be.""Oh
just listen to this
Jenny
" said Mr. Garner. "These o angels got a house for you. Place theyown out a ways." It had belonged to their grandparents before they moved in town. Recently it. hadbeen rented out to a whole parcel of Negroes
who had left the state. It was too big a house for Jenny alone
they said (o rooms upstairs
o down)
but it was the best and the only thing theycould do. In return for laundry
some seamstress work
a little canning and so on (oh shoes
too)
they would permit her to stay there. Provided she was clean. The past parcel of colored wasn't.