How we cite our quotes: (Part.Date.Paragraph) or (Part.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #1
The bike shop whose customers were in question happened to be Maddie's granddad's bike shop that he'd had for the last thirty years. He'd done quite well out of it, well enough to keep Maddie's stylish gran in the manner to which she is accustomed, and they live in a large old house in Grove Green on the edge of the city and have a gardener and a daily girl to do the housekeeping. (1.8.XI.43.78)
In contrast with Julie's, it's sometimes hard to remember that Maddie's family is quite solidly middle-class. Maybe there's no butler thrown in, but a gardener and a maid sound like a pretty sweet deal to us.
Quote #2
She spoke in a cultured accent of money and privilege. Rather like mine, without the Scottish burr. Probably not as privileged as mine, but more moneyed. Anyway, it made Maddie instantly feel like a serving girl. (1.8.XI.43.93)
Dympna Wythenshawe is the first female pilot Maddie meets. Does Dympna's social class give her more freedom than most other women? Does it cause people to respect her more as a legitimate pilot? Remember: these are pretty sexist times.
Quote #3
"Take a pew," Dympna drawled (just imagine she's me, raised in a castle and educated at a Swiss boarding school, only a lot taller and not sniveling all the time). (1.8.XI.43.99)
Aside from being from similar social backgrounds, do Dympna and Julie have much, or anything, in common? Why might this be?