How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #1
MAY: Was this before or after your little fling with the Countess?
EDDIE: (he bangs his head into wall. Wall booms) There wasn't any fling with any Countess!
MAY: You're a liar.
EDDIE: I took her out to dinner once, okay?
MAY: Ha! (She moves upstage-right wall.)
EDDIE: Twice.
MAY: You were bumping her on a regular basis! Don't gimme that s***.
EDDIE: You can believe whatever you want.
MAY: (she stops by bathroom door, opposite Eddie) I'll believe the truth! It's less confusing. (57-65)
According to May, Eddie cheated on her repeatedly with someone named the Countess. Not only did Eddie betray her in that sense but now he doesn't even have the decency to cop to it. He's only very grudgingly admitting any kind of relationship, and the fact that he keeps revising the confession seems mighty fishy to us.
Quote #2
THE OLD MAN: Take a look at that picture on the wall over there. (he points at wall stage right. There is no picture but EDDIE stares at the wall.) Ya' see that? Take a good look at that. Ya' see it?
EDDIE: (staring at wall) Yeah.
THE OLD MAN: Ya' know who that is?
EDDIE: I'm not sure.
THE OLD MAN: Barbara Mandrell. That's who that is. Barbara Mandrell. You heard a' her?
EDDIE: Sure.
THE OLD MAN: Well, would you believe me if I told ya' I was married to her?
EDDIE: (pause) No.
THE OLD MAN: Well, see, now that's the difference right there. That's realism. I am actually married to Barbara Mandrell in my mind. Can you understand that?
EDDIE: Sure.
THE OLD MAN: Good. I'm glad we have an understanding. (116-126)
The Old Man is big into his own lies and fantasies, especially this idea that he's married to Barbara Mandrell. He expects other people to buy into these fantasies, too, which is pretty creepy.
Quote #3
EDDIE: We've got a pact.
MAY: Oh, God.
EDDIE: We made a pact.
MAY: There's nothing between us now! (183-186)
Eddie seems to imply here that he and May made promises to each other that she's somehow breaking (or betraying) by not wanting to be with him. The moment echoes the Old Man's statements about having an "understanding" with Eddie, which he later calls a pact—and that pact is to live in some kind of delusional fairy land where saying/imagining you're married to Barbara Mandrell means you are married to Barbara Mandrell.