"
"She'll climb on you to what she wants higher up still. She won't bring you
nothing but misery, Harry. I know what I'm saying; she'll--"
"You're talking about something you know nothing about--you--"
"I do. I do. You're hypnotized, Harry. It's her looks. Her dressing like
a snake. Her hair. I can get mine fixed redder 'n hers, Harry. It takes a
little time. Mine's only started to turn, Harry, is why it don't look right
yet to you. This dress, it's from her own dressmaker. Harry--I promise you
I can make myself like--her--I promise you, Harry--"
"For God's sake, Millie, don't talk like--that! It's awful! What's those
things got to do with it? It's--awful!"
"They have, Harry. They have, only a man don't know it. She's a bad woman,
Harry--she's got you fascinated with the way she dresses and does--"
"We won't go into that."
"We will. We will. I got the right. I don't have to let you go if I don't
want to. I'm the mother of your son. I'm the wife that was good enough for
you in the days when you needed her. I--"
"You can't throw that up to me, Millie. I've squared that debt."
"She'll throw you over, Harry, when I'll stand by you to the crack of doom.
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