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Lucy and her brother, Dan are waiting for their brother Chris to get home from work. Chris supports the three of them since their parents died because both Lucy and Dan are crippled, Dan being paralyzed from the waist down. As Lucy and Dan wait and discuss their lives and their history, we find out that their father was lynched and their mother died of pneumonia and heartbreak, leaving the children, now young adults, to struggle through a racist world by themselves. When Chris comes in and
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DAN: Isn't it most time for him to come home, Lucy? LUCY: It's hard to tell, Danny, dear; Chris doesn't come home on time anymore. It's half-past twelve, and he ought to be here by the clock, but you can't tell any more--you can't tell. DAN: Where does he go? LUCY: I know where he doesn't go, Dan, but where he does, I can't say. He's not going to Julia's any more
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