Miss Lloyd Sherman:
Mom Beck, why do they dunk them in the water that way?
Becky Porter:
That's to save their souls and wash their sins away.
Miss Lloyd Sherman:
Would it wash my sins away?
Becky Porter:
Why honey, you ain't got no sins. You a little angel.
Miss Lloyd Sherman:
Well, would it wash my sins away if I had any?
Becky Porter:
Sure would, child, if you believed in it.
Miss Lloyd Sherman:
Were you ever dunked, Mom Beck?
Walker:
A little river like that wouldn't do her no good, child. She need the Mississippi!
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