How we cite our quotes: (Section.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Well, Nector's long face went longer. His eyes went blacker. And what I saw in their hate pits made me cross my breast before I turned away. A love so strong brews the same strength of hate. "I'll kill him," the eyes said. "Or else I'll kill you." (15.1.39)
Here, Lulu remembers when Nector heard that Lulu was going to marry Beverly Lamartine. Apparently, Lulu felt that both she and Beverly were in mortal danger at that point—Nector was that angry.
Quote #8
The one who went wild on me was unexpected. That was Henry Junior. All his life he did things right, and then the war showed him right was wrong. Something broke in him. His mind gave way. He was past all touch when he returned. I would catch his gaze sometimes and think I recognized it from somewhere. One day I knew. He had the same dead wide stare as the man in my playhouse. (15.1.70)
Lulu is comparing Henry Junior's expression after coming back from the war to the face of the man that she had found dead outside her playhouse. Definitely not a flattering comparison, right? Unfortunately, not so long after Lulu had that thought, Henry literally became a corpse when he committed suicide.
Quote #9
Nothing ever hurt me like the day Lyman walked into my trailer with mud in his hair. The worst thing was, every time I think back, that Henry Junior died by drowning. I could not get it from my head. Moses told me, when we were on the closest terms, how drowning was the worst death for a Chippewa to experience. By all accounts, the drowned weren't allowed into the next life but forced to wander forever, broken shoed, cold, sore, and ragged. There was no place for the drowned in heaven or anywhere on earth. That is what I never found it easy to forget, and that is also the reason I broke custom very often and spoke Henry Junior's name, out loud, on my tongue. (15.1.112)
And here we get Lulu's thoughts on when she heard that Henry had died. Because he drowned, she remains worried that Henry Junior was not allowed to rest. So, even though it is taboo to speak the names of the dead, she decided to speak to him; she wanted to let him know, if he was still around somewhere, that he still had a home.