26
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED
Tony
I feel good now an’ I don’ want nobody for go for my Amy but only me. You bet! [He starts.]
Joe
That’s the boy!
Tony
[Another relapse]: Joe, you don’ get mad if I ask you som’thing? I got verra good reason, Joe . . . Joe . . . how soon you goin’ away, Joe?
Joe
You don’t want me to go, do you?
Tony
I think ees much better.
Joe
What’s the idea, Tony?
Tony
Joe . . . som’thing is happen’, da’s all. . . . You go, Joe, I been tryin’ for three days for ask you dees, Joe, an’ I been scare’ you get mad. I pay you double extra for goin’ to-day, for goin’ now, eh? Joe? Verra quick?
