How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
"See, she says you're a man. That's what she calls you. A "man." Did you know that? That's what she calls you." (392)
Eddie continues trying to unsettle Martin, it seems, by telling Martin what May calls him. He never outright says anything bad, of course, but we get the sense he's trying to get under Martin's skin by saying that May was ::gasp:: calling Martin a man. What a… burn? There's an insult in there somewhere—we just can't quite figure out what it is.
Quote #5
MARTIN: Yeah, but I'm not sure what she likes.
EDDIE: What's that got to do with it? You're takin' her out to the movies, right?
MARTIN: Yeah.
EDDIE: So you pick the movie, right? The guy picks the movie. The guy's always supposed to pick the movie. (406-409)
Eddie continues with his little macho performance for Martin, trying to school the visitor on what the "guy" does on a date with a woman. Apparently, Martin is being terribly un-guylike in thinking about what May might, you know, like to see—how crazy.
Quote #6
"What line a' work do you follow, Martin?" (429)
Eddie never says anything bad about Martin's profession, but from May's comments earlier about how Eddie only thinks someone is manly if he's in the rodeo, we can gather that he's trying to figure out how threatened he should be by Martin and his profession. He's probably relieved to hear that Martin does yard work.