Miss Celia stares down into the pot like she's looking for her future.…

Kathryn Stockett
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Miss Celia stares down into the pot like she's looking for her future. Are you happy, Minny? Why you ask me funny questions like that? But are you? Course I's happy. You happy too. Big house, big yard, husband looking after you. I frown at Miss Celia and I make sure she can see it. Because ain't that white people for you, wondering if they are happy ENOUGH. ✨ Kathryn Stockett (2009). The Help, p.49, Penguin
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