THE THIRD ACT
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Amy
What is it?
Joe
I got to see you by an’ by. . . . I got to see you alone. . . . [She starts to speak. We see that he has frightened her.] God damn . . . oh, God damn. . . .
Amy
What’s the matter with you? What you scaring me this way for?
Joe
Amy. . . . Just a minute ago . . .
Amy
Make it snappy. . . . I don’t like this being alone with you. . . . It makes me think . . . I want to forget all that.
Joe
Yeah . . . An’ me . . . that’s what I mean.
Amy
What?
