How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"I don't remember any rule that says someone is yours. Agatha didn't even say she'd marry you. She didn't have to marry you. On that February day, Agatha asked me to run the store with her. She wouldn't have married you—no matter the circumstances."
Billy sniggered. "That was your plan, huh?" (10.83-84)
Georgie might want to try practicing what she preaches since Agatha isn't hers any more than she's Billy's, but Georgie is operating under the same sense of possessiveness Billy is. She just can't see it. We don't really blame Billy for laughing—he knows Agatha wasn't going to give up her dreams for Georgie any more than for him.
Quote #8
So now I knew: Billy was not out here to meet Agatha. Money was his motive. It made too much sense for me to ignore. Weren't he and Polly planning to move to Minnesota? Homesteading is nothing if not expensive. That was why Billy was traveling with me, and why Polly Barfod would not object. (11.133)
As we move through the novel, we move out of the realm of dreams and into that of plans. Billy has a definite plan now to marry Polly Barfod and to homestead in Minnesota—he's traveling with Georgie to make some money to do that. At last, we see a real endgame.
Quote #9
Then there were the last loose ends. For instance, Aunt Cleo decided to stay permanently, proclaiming she craved adventure. She said moving from New York State to the frontier of Wisconsin certainly fit the bill, explaining that people in New York didn't know what a "Wisconsin" was. Ma acquiesced on the condition that she take Grandfather Bolte's room (the biggest in the house). (21.43)
Here's another definite plan. It's solid, as opposed to the amorphous dreams we've seen through most of the novel. Things are happening; bedrooms are getting assigned. Perhaps this is the difference between a plan and a dream: Plans take solid form and start things happening, while dreams only drift around.