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Quote #4
For sixty years she had prayed against remembering him and against losing her soul in the deep pit of hell, and now the two things were mingled in one and the thought of him was a smoky cloud from hell that moved and crept in her head when she had just got rid of Doctor Harry and was trying to rest a minute (29).
Just when you think you're over the guy who broke your heart over half a century ago. . . It obviously took a lot of conscious effort for Granny to keep the memory of George the Jilter at bay all these years. So it only makes sense that as she's dying and her mental defenses begin to weaken, he creeps to the forefront of her mind. Yet another reason dying is not cool.
Quote #5
Wounded vanity, Ellen, said a sharp voice in the top of her mind. Don't let your wounded vanity get the upper hand of you. Plenty of girls get jilted. You were jilted, weren't you? Then stand up to it (29).
Wow, Granny's pretty tough on herself. Do you think her reaction to being jilted was helpful to her?
Quote #6
Yes, she had changed her mind after sixty years and she would like to see George. I want you to find George. Find him and be sure to tell him I forgot him. I want him to know I had my husband just the same and my children and my house like any other woman. A good house too and a good husband that I loved and fine children out of him. Better than I hoped for even (42).
How do you like me now, George? Granny revels in the thought of rubbing her good life in George's face. But, why should she even care what he thinks if she's really over the dude?