How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
In the quarrel between husband and wife, the woman was victor. The man grabbed his hat and rushed from the room, apparently determined upon a vengeful drunk. She followed to the door and thundered at him as he made his way down stairs. (2.38)
Mr. Johnson doesn't stand a chance against his bull of a wife, and he'd rather get out of town than hang out and be a victim of her wrath.
Quote #5
One day the young man, Pete, who as a lad had smitten the Devil's Row urchin in the back of the head and put to flight the antagonists of his friend, Jimmie, strutted upon the scene. (5.8)
Pete mesmerizes everyone—ladies swoon, and dudes get out of his way in admiration.
Quote #6
He sat on a table in the Johnson home and dangled his checked legs with an enticing nonchalance. His hair was curled down over his forehead in an oiled bang. His rather pugged nose seemed to revolt from contact with a bristling moustache of short, wire-like hairs. His blue double-breasted coat, edged with black braid, buttoned close to a red puff tie, and his patent-leather shoes looked like murder-fitted weapons. (5.8)
It's hard not to imagine this one as a scene in a movie. Pete is just such a curated image of masculine cool—even his shoes look homicidal.