How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"Don't leave the house empty," Cousin Eunice said. "There must be someone home, at all times. Thieves come, even in broad daylight these days."
"All right," Dicey said.
"It's not as if I have anything valuable," Cousin Eunice said. "But they steal anything. And murder—and other things—I don't know—the world has gone crazy. I'll have a key made for you, just one. Until then, don't leave the house unlocked." (1.10.39-41)
Dicey and her siblings have been living in frightening circumstance for weeks, but they aren't panicking. And here's Cousin Eunice, afraid to leave her doors unlocked. Seriously?
Quote #5
Then Dicey saw that the last afternoon bus heading south to Cambridge left Wilmington at two thirty. The only bus after that didn't leave until nine at night.
Nine. By nine, Cousin Eunice would have been home for almost three hours. By nine, she could call Father Joseph. By nine, they might be able to trace the Tillermans, and maybe find them, and stop them. She didn't know Dicey had money, did she? She might think the Tillermans were walking. But Dicey couldn't count on that. She couldn't count on anything. (2.1.92-93)
Fear of being caught leads Dicey to make a rash decision that leaves the kids on the wrong side of the Chesapeake Bay. Fear stinks.
Quote #6
"You worried?"
He shook his head. "I'm not scared of sailing."
"I never said you were," Dicey answered. "You're not scared of anything, are you?"
Sammy looked at her then, his eyes questioning. "I had a dream that you were all on a bus and the door closed and I couldn't get on. I ran and ran after it, but it kept getting away." (2.3.7-10)
What is Sammy most afraid of? Being left behind yet again. Poor guy.