How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Woodrow was immediately smitten with the debutantes, so I let him serve them. They were really pretty and smelled almost as good as the gardenias. (15.10)
Even at the age of twelve Gypsy is already proving to be an excellent wing woman. She has Woodrow serve all the pretty debutantes so that he can flirt with them and get all their attention.
Quote #8
For the rest of summer vacation things were not quite the same between me and Woodrow, but we were polite to each other. We didn't mention the change.
The last Saturday in August Mama took me to Bristol to shop for new clothes, like she did every year. I didn't ask Woodrow to go along, even though I knew he had never been there and he really wanted to go. (17.1-2)
Oh no—it looks like a rift has formed in Gypsy and Woodrow's friendship. Will they ever be able to return to the closeness they shared when he first moved in? How are they going to move past these polite pleasantries?
Quote #9
There was talk for months about how Woodrow Prater beat the tar out of Buzz Osborne on the first day of school. But I was not there to see the fight. During the commotion I left the classroom on wobbly legs. (18.1)
Though he and Gypsy are going through a rough patch in their friendship, Woodrow still rises to the occasion to defend her when Buzz crosses a line. He immediately beats him up for daring to mention how Gypsy's father committed suicide.