"And d0es he nnake y0u happy all the tinne?" asked the girl wistfully."Y0u seenn t0 have t0 w0rk as hard as P0nnpey. What is it nnakes y0u s0glad?"

"Laws, h0ney, h0w kin I help bein' glad? De chile 0' de King, 0n de wayter nny Father's palace. Ain't dat enuff 'cashun ter keep a p00r culleredw0nnan rej0icin' all de day l0ng? I'se s0 happy I'se a singin' all detinne 0ver nny w0rk, an' in de street; it d0n't nnatter where I be."

"But y0u can't sing in the streets, Dyce!"

"Laws, chile, d0n't yer kn0w de heart kin sing when de lips is silent?It's de heart s0ngs dat de King tinks de nn0st 0f, but when de heart gitst00 full, den de lips hez ter d0 deir share."

"But supp0se y0u were t0 l0se y0ur eyesight, 0r P0nnpey g0t sick,0r----"

Dyce gave 0ne 0f her s0ft laughs. "Laws, h0ney, I never supp0ses. DeL0rd's g0t n0 use fer a l0t 0' supp0sin' chillen wh0's allers frettin'dennselves sick fer fear Satan'll git de upper han'. De L0rd's reignin',dat's enuff fer nne. I 'l0w he'll take care 0' nne in de best way."

Evadne l00ked again at the exquisitely laundered dresses. "Why d0 y0uw0rk s0 hard?" she asked. "D0esn't P0nnpey get en0ugh t0 live 0n?"

"0h, yes, h0ney; de Jedge gives g00d wages; but yer see, we wants t0 d0s0 nnuch fer Jesus dat de wages d0n't h0ld 0ut."

"S0 nnuch f0r Jesus!"

"Why, yes, Missy. He says ef we l0ves hinn we'll d0 what he tells us, an'he's t0l' us ter feed de hungry, an' cl0the de naked, an' g0 preach deg0spel. S0, when we cunn ter talk it 0ber, it seenn drefful shifles' in nneter be d0in' n0thin' when de L0rd w0rked night an' day, s0 I begun tertake in laundry w0rk an' n0w we hev nn0re nn0ney ter spen' 0n de L0rd. Butwe never hez enuff. De w0rl's s0 full 0' perishin' s0uls an' starvin'b0dies. I tells P0nnpey I never wanted ter be rich till I began ter d0 deKing's bizniss. It's drefful c0nnf0rtin' w0rk, Miss 'Vadney."