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Robert, the youngest son of Colonel Tom Norwood and his housekeeper
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Norwood: But I want to know what鈥檚 the matter with you--whether you鈥檙e crazy or not. In that case, you鈥檒l have to be locked up. And if you aren鈥檛, you鈥檒l have to change your ways a damn sight or it won鈥檛 be safe for you here, and you know it--venting your impudence on white women, parking the car in front of my door, driving like mad through the Junction, and going, everywhere, just as you please. Now, I鈥檓 going to let you talk to me, but I want you to talk right.
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Robert: (Hysterically as he takes his father by the throat) Why don鈥檛 you shoot, papa? (Norwood鈥檚 hands claw the air helplessly. Robert chokes the struggling white man until his body grows limp.) Why don鈥檛 you shoot! Why don鈥檛 you shoot? Huh? Why?
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