How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Grandma gave Arnold Green the bedroom facing the Wabash tracks. In its closet was the trapdoor to the attic. She provided a ladder so he could use the attic for an artist's studio. She was generous to a fault. (6.50)
Although she's asking for quite the steep rent money from Arnold Green, Grandma Dowdel isn't going to be a total skinflint. She'll let him use the attic to paint in, so that he can have his own little studio where he won't be disturbed. Surely that's worth the extra rent.
Quote #5
"That's too good a show for us to keep to ourselves," Grandma said.
With the thought, she was through the door and out in the front yard. Planting her house shoes, she jammed the Winchester into her shoulder, aimed high, and squeezed off both barrels. The world exploded. Birds rose shrieking from the trees, and the town woke with a start. (6.105-106)
Grandma Dowdel is never the kind of person who will let something this good go unacknowledged. She wakes up the whole town when Maxine comes running out of the attic buck-naked.
Quote #6
"Posing?" Grandma said. "Well, I better make a rule against painting pictures of naked women in my attic." (6.127)
Grandma Dowdel isn't actually scandalized by the fact that Maxine Patch was nude in her attic, but she does put her foot down and tell Arnold he can't do that anymore. Still, she's not going to try to run him out of town or anything. It takes more than nudity—and reptiles—to shock her.