12: Last days in Eatonville :
12: Last days in Eatonville Tea Cake and Janie gone hunting. TC and J gone fishing. TC and Jaine gone to Orlando to the movies.
112: Pheoby “You always did class off.”
113: J’s plan—sell store, marry TC
114: Lived Grandma’s way, now gonna live mine.
115: Blues song? “Some of dese mornin’s and it won’t be long, you gointuh wake up callin’ me and Ah’ll be gone.”
13: Marriage :
13: Marriage 116: Jacksonville on the train. “Hard to love a woman that always make you feel so wishful.
118: TC gone, money gone. J thinks of Annie Tyler….
122-3: TC explains about throwing party.
125: TC = great gambler. Buys a switchblade.
127: TC wins. Uses switchblade.
128: New plan: Off to Everglades.
14: Everglades :
14: Everglades Migrant work: Beans.
131: Hunting, target practice; J gets better than TC.
131: Jumpin jooks. “Blues made and used right on the spot.”
132: TC = big fun. Guitar. Dice. Laughter.
133: J starts working, too. Why? How does this change things for her?
15: Janie Learns Jealousy :
15: Janie Learns Jealousy Nunkie hits on TC
137: fight over this—how is this resolved? “express the inexpressible.”
16: Mrs. Turner :
16: Mrs. Turner 140: Mrs. T likes J b/c she’s light-skinned; disapproves of TC b/c he’s BLACK. Wants to “lighten up the race.”
141: Mrs. T says, “us oughtta class off.”
142: Mrs. T bitter b/c she has white features but has to be lumped in with the rest.
Talk of Booker T. Washington—white folks nigger. Mrs. T’s brother is smarter, better, etc. J should marry him!
143: TC hears all this talk—vows to boycott restaurant. Tells J not to bring Mrs. T around.
145: Mrs. T had built an altar to the unattainable.
146: Don’t bother with her too much. Just something to talk about really. Then the crowds return.