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Quote #4
He walked briskly and erectly, wearing with distinction the black fedora he had that morning taken with trepidation out of the dusty hat box on his closet shelf, and the heavy black Saturday coat he had thoroughly whisked clean."(96)
Leo may not be confident about this process, but he definitely wants to clean up for his hot date, signaling that perhaps he is taking it more seriously than his glum mood suggests.
Quote #5
Lily, petite and not unpretty, had on something signifying the approach of spring. (96)
No question what Lily's hoping for here: we can see it in the way she's dressed. She's hoping for something spring-like, and spring represents love, babies, and new beginnings.
Quote #6
[…] look at them along enough and they all became Lily Hirschorn: all past their prime, all starved behind bright smiles, not a true personality in the lot. Life, despite their frantic yoohooings, had passed them by; they were pictures in a brief case that stank of fish. (142)
Here, the girls' appearance leads Leo to despair, since he thinks he can see everything about them right off the bat. However, here it's Salzman's appearance that has tainted everything about these women—they're sullied because Saltzman is a depressing old dude who smells (literally) fishy.