There's nobody home at my house," said the boy "Then we'll eat," said the woman. "I believe you're hungry or been hungry to try to snatch my pocketbook!" "I want a pair of blue suede shoes, the boy. "Well, you didn't have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. "You could of asked me." "Mam?" The water dripping from his face, the boy looked at her. There was a long pause. A very long pause. After he had dried his face and not knowing what else to do, dried it again, the boy turned around, wondering what next.