he would walk down gallatin street whenever he liked , and they 'd all get real respectful , and he 'd have himself beautiful high yaller girls and creole ladies instead of whores from the dance halls , and when he was through with them he 'd have their blood too , and that way no one else would have them , and that way they 'd never laugh at him , not like the whores used to laugh at him sometimes , in the old bad days .