Arrowsmith Jealousy Quotes

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Quote #4

"I'm a cavewoman, and you'd better learn it, and as for that Orchid, with her simper and her stroking your arm and her great big absurd feet--- Orchid!" (19.4.39)

Leora seems calm at first, but she can't help but sneak in a few insults about Orchid Pickerbaugh, who's been flirting with Martin. All in all, Leora is more than reasonable about the whole flirting thing. But underneath all her reasonable exterior, she's a woman who's ready to kill to have Martin all to herself.

Quote #5

And Leora made no comments, though for a day or two there was about her a chill air which the busy Martin did not investigate. (20.4.13)

When Martin and Leora go on a weekend getaway to the Pickarbaughs' cottage, Martin spends a little too much time playing in the snow and wrestling with Orchid. Leora notices this and acts chilly to Martin the next few days. But Martin knows enough to stay away from the topic and to consider Leora's coldness a warning.

Quote #6

To Gustaf Sondelius, dukes and cobblers were alike remarkable, and Martin was sometimes jealous when he saw Sondelius turning to a cocoa-broker's clerk with the same smile he gave to Martin. (33.6.20)

Martin considers Sondelius a mentor, and for that reason, he doesn't like it when he sees Sondelius giving "normal" people the same smile he gives to Martin. Martin wants to think that he's special in Sondelius' eyes, and he gets jealous whenever he sees evidence that he isn't.