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Quote #10
Then she remembered him sneaking down here, prowling around the jars. "Last year it was the apricots. I should have known. Neglecting his own children to run away to that hussy in Lawton. How dare that man come down here stealing my canning for the lazy heifer?" (28.13)
Lily Norene realizes that not only has her abusive husband been cheating on her, he's been stealing their family's food and taking it to his mistress, too. Talk about adding insult to injury, right? If you're thinking this doesn't quite seem like violence, though, consider this: This moment sparks Lily Norene's fatal stroke. If that's not a metaphor for violence, we don't know what is.