How we cite our quotes:
Quote #4
HILDY: There was never anything to brag about. Now look, Bruce. I'll go back and change and dress. And after you get the check, you phone me. I'll be in the pressroom of the Criminal Courts Building. Oh Walter!
Hildy is under time pressure; she needs to write the story and then make her train. But she still is going to go change clothes, from her feminine attire to a plainer newspaper outfit. Mixing the two roles— wife and worker—just isn't done; they have to be kept separate.
Quote #5
BRUCE: You just don't love me... The point is that you never intended to be decent and live like a human being.
Bruce is feeling sorry for himself—and while feeling sorry for himself, he tells Hildy that as long as she focuses on her career, she can't be decent, and can't even be a human being. A woman with a career is outlandish and inhuman, to Bruce. Walter is kind of a stinker, but right at this moment, he looks better than the competition.