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Hulga thinks he sounds like a kid talking to his mother. What are we to make of all this? Does Manley love Hulga like a mother at this moment? Does he love her for real? Is all this part of his increasingly strange act? Since we don't ever get his point of view, it's hard to know.

This is how Hulga responds to Manley's request for a pledge of her love, which as you know, she gives him in just a moment. It seems that much of her philosophy is simply a defense against heartbreak. Too bad it doesn't work

Uh-oh… It's starting to look like Manley is just toying with Hulga. We like to think that he was genuinely interested in her at least at first, but moments like this make that argument difficult.