Elly monologue — Big lake : $b A tragedy in two parts

You cain’t shet me up. I’m a fool not to a-told you before. I’m a fool too—like yerself—like Butch—like the whole damn world! I _been_ a fool. But I won’t be now. I’ll tell you now—now it’s too late—I’ll tell you sump’n ’at’ll make yer ears burn, ’at’ll make you sick inside like sump’n eatin’ on yer heart! Listen t’ me—you! You’re bright, you’re smart, you’re a keen-smellin’ dog of the law, you’re the _law_! You pertect the weak, you hang the criminals. _You shoot down, you murder innocent people—that’s w’at you do!_ (_With a sob._) It uz Butch, it uz Butch killed Jim Dory....