How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Too, the blue ribbons had been restored to the curtains, and the lambrequin, with its immense sheaves of yellow wheat and red roses of equal size, had been returned, in a worn and sorry state, to its position at the mantel. (10.6)
Maggie alternates between fantasies of a future that could be and the realities of life in the here and now. Her efforts to make the house beautiful for Pete have clearly been undone—nothing beautiful can make it inside that tenement.
Quote #8
He suddenly broke out again. "I'll go t'ump hell outa deh mug what did her deh harm. I'll kill 'im! He t'inks he kin scrap, but when he gits me a-chasin' 'im he'll fin' out where he's wrong, deh damned duffer. I'll wipe up deh street wid 'im." (10.28)
Being the solution-oriented guy that he is, Jimmie is determined to "fix" the situation between his sister and Pete. Using the usual Bowery diplomatic strategies, he decides to go kick the living daylights out of Pete.
Quote #9
Maggie was pale. From her eyes had been plucked all look of self-reliance. She leaned with a dependent air toward her companion. She was timid, as if fearing his anger or displeasure. She seemed to beseech tenderness of him.
Maggie's hopes begin to wane. Pete's no longer as keen on her, and she feels all the more desperate to hitch her wagon to his proverbial star. She can tell already, though, that it ain't gonna happen.