Chapter Ten

Pg. 95 “He set it up and began to show her and she find herself glowing inside. Somebody wanted her to play.”
Tea Cake had asked Janie to play him in checkers. This was the first time anybody ever asked her to play. She was very happy because it was a new change for her. For somebody to ask her to play checkers was pleasure. It made her glow because she thought it was nice of him to ask.
Pg. 98 “Come on now, Ah’ll see yuh inside yo door and git on down de Dixie.”
The first time Janie was worried about Tea Cake was when he walked her to her door, she had realized that Tea Cake was still a stranger even though she felt as if she knew him her whole life. Once Tea cake said good night her fear and worries about him was gone. Now she was relieved.