Summary

The action is continuous from the previous section of the play.

Lily comments that “Godfrey don’t like nothing he can’t control,” commenting that it is tempting to “scratch up his shoes, crumple his hat” (64). Gertie comments that she likes how he always comes home with sweets, her comments making it clear that Godfrey is a baker. As Lily pours herself some whiskey, Gerte and Ernestine both ask her how things are going with her revolution, but Lily avoids the questions by asking Gertie for a cigarette, and a light. Gerte then offers to help Lily find a job, but Lily says no-one wants to hire “a smart colored woman” (66) Gerte says that she wishes they did not always have to talk about race, saying that when she looks at the others she does not see color. Lily becomes...