Pearl
[Defiantly]: Better than bein' with Joe.
Daniel
If you'd stayed with Joe, maybe he wouldn't be drinking.
Pearl
He always did. That's why I ast you to stick around in Black River. That's one reason I quit.
Daniel
One reason.
Pearl
[Admitting it grudgingly]: They was others.... I wanted good clothes, an' a good time ... jus' like other women.