DuBose Heyward

Name: Porgy — Part VI.
Author: DuBose Heyward

Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

Summary

“Porgy — Part VI.”, published in 1925, is a work by DuBose Heyward. It explores elements such as Porgy, Coroner and Maria.

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ King Charles Street was full of hurrying men on their way to the cotton offices and the big wholesale warehouses that fronted on the wharves. Like the artery of a hale old man who has lain long asleep, but who wakens suddenly and springs into a race, the broad thoroughfare seemed to pound and sing with life.
The town was in a generous mood. Again and again the bottom of Porgy's cup gave forth its sharp, grateful click as a coin struck it and settled. But the cripple had not even his slow glance of thanks for his benefactors on that flashing autumn morning. ”

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ Bess and Porgy came out with the others, and seated themselves against the wall in the gracious sunlight. Of the life, yet apart from it, sufficient unto each other, they did not join in the loud talk and badinage that was going on about them. Like people who had come on a long, dark journey, they were content to sit, and breathe deeply of the sun. The baby was sleeping in Bess's arms, and from time to time she would sing a stave to it in a soft, husky voice. ”

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ The big buildings had been left behind, and there lay before Porgy only the scattered, cheap bungalows of the labor quarters; and beyond, as elusive and desirable as the white man's heaven, glimmered the far line of the woods, misty and beautiful in the pink autumn haze.
The patrol forged ahead and came to a clanging stop. The officers leapt out and, amid shouts of laughter from the crowd, lifted wagon, goat and man into the vehicle. ”

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ Serena was seated on her bench with a baby in her arms.
Porgy gave her a long look, and a question commenced to dawn in his eyes. The child turned in her arms, and his suspicions were confirmed. It was his baby-his and Bess's.
Then Serena looked up and saw him. She arose in great confusion, clasped the infant to her ample bosom, and, without a word of greeting, stepped through her doorway. Then, as though struck by an afterthought, she turned, thrust her head back through the opening, and called loudly:
"Oh, Maria! hyuh Porgy come home." ”

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ The keen autumn sun flooded boldly through the entrance and bathed the drooping form of the goat, the ridiculous wagon, and the bent figure of the man in hard, satirical radiance. In its revealing light, Maria saw that Porgy was an old man. ”

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ Maria was at her door instantly. Across the court, a man could be seen for one moment, seated on Serena's wash-bench; then behind him the door closed with a bang, shutting off the shaft of firelight.
Maria crossed the court, and when she had reached the man's side he looked up. The moonlight fell upon his face. It was Crown.
"What yuh doin' hyuh?" she asked him. ”

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ The Coroner stopped in the doorway, and made a businesslike show of writing in a notebook.
"What's your name?" he asked Porgy.
The cripple studied him for a long moment, taking in the ample proportions of the figure and the heavy, but not unsympathetic, face. Then he smiled one of his fleeting, ingenuous smiles.
"Jus' Porgy," he said. "Yuh knows me, Boss. Yuh is done gib me plenty ob penny on King Charles Street."
"Of course, you're the goat-man. I didn't know you without your wagon," he said amiably. Then, becoming businesslike, he asked:
"This nigger, Crown. You knew him by sight. ”

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ Around a wide circle the specks swung, as though hung by wires from a lofty pivot. The light brightened perceptibly. The specks dropped to a lower level, increased in size, and miraculously became a dozen. Then some of them dropped in from the circumference of the circle, cutting lines across like the spokes of a wheel, and from time to time flapping indolent wings. Dark and menacing when they flew to the westward, they would turn easily toward the east, and the sun, still below the horizon, would gild their bodies with ruddy gold, as they sailed, breast on, toward it. ”

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ For, after all, what could have been funnier than an entirely serious race between a negro in a dilapidated goat-cart, and the municipality's shining new patrol wagon, fully offered and clanging its bell for the crowds to hear as it came.
The finish took place in the vicinity of the railway yards and factories, and the street was filled with workmen who smoked against the walls, or ate their lunch, sitting at the pavement's edge-grand-stand seats, as they were quite accurately described in the telling.
The street cars ran seldom that far out ”

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ Slowly he realized that parts of the little square still showed the moonlit waters of the bay, and that only the centre was blocked out by an intervening mass. Then the mass moved, and Porgy saw that it was the torso and shoulders of a man. ”

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ In a few minutes they were out of the crowd again, each looking up with admiring eyes into the face of one of the men.
"Mens an' 'omans ain't de same," said Porgy. "One mont' ago dem gals been libbin' wid dey own mens. Den de storm tek um. Now dey is fuhgit um a'ready, an' gibbin' dey lub tuh de nex'."
"No; dey is diff'rent fuh true," replied Bess. "An' yuh won't nebber onduhstan'. All two dem gal gots baby fuh keep alibe." She heaved a deep sigh; and then added, "Dey is jus' 'oman, an' nigger at dat. Dey is doin' de bes' dey kin-dat all." ”

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ After a moment of silence he asked abruptly:
"Bess still libbin' wid de cripple?"
"Yes; an' she a happy, decent 'oman. Yuh bes' leabe she alone."
"Fer Gawd' sake! Wut yuh t'ink I come tuh dis damn town fuh? I ain't jus' huntin fuh deat'! I atter my 'oman."
Maria placed her hands on the table opposite the man and bent over to look into his face.
"'Oman is all berry much de same," she said in a low, persuasive voice. "Dey comes an' dey goes. One sattify a man quick as annuduh. Dey is lots ob bettuh lookin' gal dan Bess. She fix fuh life now wid dat boy. I ax yuh go an' lef she. ”

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DuBose Heyward, Porgy — Part VI. (1925)

“ Neither Porgy nor Bess spoke. Their faces were blank and noncommittal.
After a full moment, the woman said:
"I ain't onduhstan', Boss. Nobody hyuh ain't kill Crown. My husban' he fall t'rough dat winduh yisterday when he leg gib 'way. He er cripple."
"Anyone see him do it?" enquired the Coroner from the door.
"Oh, yes, Boss," replied Bess, turning to him. "T'ree or four ob de mens was in de street; dey will tell yuh all 'bout um." ”

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