"You remember—you remember, Cottie, the first night they put him on the flyer?"
"Try to forget it, Della, and don't go gettin' all excited—there—there."
"I was over home that night with you and maw, and—and he came in for supper with the news and—and he was like a funeral about bein' promoted."
"Yes, I remember."
"Even with the extra pay he was for stickin' to the accommodation, because he loved her insides."
"And because it was a chance to spite you."
"But I—I was all for the flyer. I told him he was afraid of her speed, and he hauled off and nearly hit me for callin' him a coward before you and maw, and you up and—"
"He was rough with you, Della, but he wouldn't 'a' dared do it with me there. I had him bluffed, all righty; he wouldn't 'a' done it with me and maw there."
"Lots maw would 'a' cared. Poor maw! She never knew nothing else but abuse, herself."
"Paw wasn't so bad, Della—he always brought home the envelope."