How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Officer Delinko fought to contain his excitement. He'd actually done it! He'd caught the Mother Paula's vandal!
"I had him pinned and he got away," Curly was saying, "but not before I wrung his name outta him. It's Roy. Roy Eberhardt. Go ahead and ask him!"
"I don't need to," said Officer Delinko. "I know Roy Eberhardt, and that's not him." (15.154-156)
There are way too many people calling themselves Roy Eberhardt. And what makes this incidence worse than the first is that this one is done without permission from the real Roy.
Quote #8
"I got a quick question about the owls."
"What owls?" Chuck Muckle show back. "Those burrows are abandoned, remember?"
Curly thought: I guess somebody forgot to tell the birds.
"There's no law against destroying abandoned nests," the vice-president was saying. "Anybody asks, that's your answer. 'The burrows are deserted.'"
"But what if one a them owls shows up?" Curly asked.
"What owls!" Chuck Muckle practically shouted. "There are no owls on that property and don't you forget it, Mr. Branitt. Zero owls. Nada. Somebody sees one, you tell him it's a—I don't know, a robin or a wild chicken or something." (17.32-37)
Now we're getting to the borderline ridiculous. Chuck Muckle is determined to not let these owls ruin the construction of Mother Paula's pancake house. Obviously he's fine with pretending that the owls aren't there (when they clearly are), so it's not a far reach to say they're wild chickens if a couple show up for the party. Good cover, Muckle.
Quote #9
As the policeman approached the tin bucket, Beatrice shouted, "Don't do it! You might get bit-"
Officer Delinko didn't flinch. He peeked over the rim for what seemed to Roy and Beatrice like an eternity.Jig's up, Roy thought glumly. No way he won't notice they're fake.
Yet the patrolman didn't say a word as he backed away from the bucket.
"Well?" Mr. Muckle demanded. "What do we do?"
"Kid's for real. If I were you, I'd negotiate," said Officer Delinko. (20.111.-116)
It's not very often when a player switches teams mid-game. In fact, we don't think it ever happens. But right there at the groundbreaking ceremony, Officer Delinko takes a stand against Mother Paula's and lies for Roy and Mullet Fingers.