Quotes
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Critta Hemings : [eyeing Sally's dress] Oh, real French silk! Oh, Sally, can I try it on?
Betty Hemings : Don't you dare. Don't you dare start wanting fine things.
Critta Hemings : I only wanted to try it on, Mama.
Betty Hemings : Your sister only wanted to "try it on," and you see what it got her!
[points to Sally's pregnant belly]
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Betty Hemings : I send you off to France with your brother so you could be free, and I now I find you back here, and with your belly as big as a house!
Sally Hemings : I made a choice, Mama. Like you did with Master Killicks.
Betty Hemings : [Angrily] I didn't have no "choice!"
[Roughly slaps her]
Betty Hemings : You're a damn FOOL, Sally!