(HARRY and REDDY wheel sharply, each pointing his revolver.)
REDDY:
Colored man! Where?
HARRY:
Colored man! It's a trap!
(Seeing no one, they turn.)
ALICE:
(to REDDY)
Oh, pardon me. Aren't you a colored person?
REDDY:
Me! Colored? You never see a colored man with hair like that, did
you?
(Points lantern at his head.)
This isn't my real face, lady. Why, out of office hours, I've a
complexion like cream and roses.
(Indignantly.)
Colored man!
ALICE:
I beg your pardon, but I can't see very well. Don't you think it
would be more cheerful if we had a little more light?
HATCH:
No!
(To REDDY.)
Drop that. We've got to go.
(To ALICE.)
And before we go, I've got to fix you.
ALICE:
Fix me--how "fix" me?
HATCH:
I'm sorry, Miss, but it's your own fault. You shouldn't have tried
to see us. Now that you HAVE, before we leave, I've got to tie you
to a chair--and gag you.
ALICE:
Oh, really--all of that?
HATCH:
I can't have you raising the neighborhood until we get well away.
ALICE:
I see. But--gagged--I'll look so foolish.
REDDY:
Well, there's no hurry. We won't get well away until I've had
something to eat.
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