"What&aos;stheidea?
"
"Tellhimtocomein。
"
"Wheredoyouthinkyouare?
"
"Weknowdamnwellwhereweare,
"themancalledMaxsaid,
"Dowelooksilly?
"
"Youtalksilly,
"Alsaidtohim。
"Whatthehelldoyouarguewiththiskidfor?Listen,
"hesaidtoGeorge,
"telltheniggertocomeouthere。
"
"Whatareyougoingtodotohim?
"
"Nothing。Useyourhead,brightboy。Whatwouldwedotoanigger?
"
Georgeoenedtheslitthatoenedbackintothekitchen。
"Sam,
"hecalled。
"Comeinhereaminute。
"
Thedoortothekitchenoenedandtheniggercamein。
"Whatwasit?
"heasked。Thetwomenatthecountertookalookathim。
"Allright,nigger。Youstandrightthere,
"Alsaid。
Sam,thenigger,standinginhisaron,lookedatthetwomensittingatthecounter。
"Yes,sir,
"hesaid。Algotdownfromhisstool。
"I&aos;mgoingbacktothekitchenwiththeniggerandbrightboy,
"hesaid。
"Goonbacktothekitchen,nigger。Yougowithhim,brightboy。
"ThelittlemanwalkedafterNickandSam,thecook,backintothekitchen。Thedoorshutafterthem。ThemancalledMaxsatatthecounteroositeGeorge。Hedidn&aos;tlookatGeorgebutlookedinthemirrorthatranalongbackofthecounter。Henry&aos;shadbeenmadeoverfromasaloonintoalunch-counter。
"Well,brightboy,
"Maxsaid,lookingintothemirror,