I'll do what I can, Mammy

Mammy:
Lordy, Miss Melly. I sure is glad you's come.Melanie Hamilton:Oh, Mammy, this house won't seem the same without Bonnie. How's Miss Scarlett bearing up?Mammy:Miss Melly, this here's done broke her heart. But I didn't fetch you on Miss Scarlett's account. What that child got to stand, the good Lord give her strength to stand. It's Mr. Rhett I's worried about. He done lost his mind these last couple of days.Melanie Hamilton:Oh, no, Mammy, no.Mammy:I ain't never seen no man, black or white, set such store on any child. When Dr. Meade say her neck broke, Mr. Rhett grabbed his gun and run out and shoot that poor pony. And for a minute, I think he gonna shoot hisself.Melanie Hamilton:Oh, poor Captain ButlerMammy:Miss Scarlett called him a murderer for teaching that child to jump. She said, "You give me my baby what you killed." And then he say Miss Scarlett ain't never cared nothing about Miss Bonnie. It like to turn my blood cold, the things they say to one another.Melanie Hamilton:Stop, Mammy, don't tell me any more.Mammy:And then that night Mr. Rhett, he locked hisself in the nursery with Miss Bonnie. He wouldn't even open the door when Miss Scarlett beat on it and hollered to him and that's where he's been for two whole days.Melanie Hamilton:Oh, Mammy!Mammy:And then this evening, Miss Scarlett shouted through the door and said: "The funeral's set for tomorrow morning." and he says, "You try that and I kills you tomorrow. Do you think I's gonna put my child in the dark when she's so scared of it?"Melanie Hamilton:Oh, Mammy, Mammy! He *has* lost his mind!Mammy:Yes'm, that's the God's truth. He ain't gonna let us bury that child. You gotta help us Miss Melly.Melanie Hamilton:Oh, but I can't intrude.Mammy:If you can't help us, who can? Mr. Rhett always set great store by your opinion. Please, Miss Melly.Melanie Hamilton:I'll do what I can, Mammy