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1 " They wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it! (The men laugh, the women look abashed.) "
― Susan Glaspell , Plays by Susan Glaspell
2 " this is cherries, too. (looking again) I declare I believe that's the only one. "
3 " She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively, when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls singing in the choir. But that—oh, that was thirty years ago. "
4 " I wonder if she was goin' to quilt it or just knot it? "
5 " All the rest of it has been so nice and even. And look at this! It's all over the place! Why, it looks as if she didn't know what she was about! (After she has said this they look at each other, then start to glance back at the door. After an instant MRS HALE has pulled at a knot and ripped the sewing.) "
6 " I—I've never liked this place. Maybe because it's down in a hollow and you don't see the road. "
7 " But he was a hard man, Mrs Peters. Just to pass the time of day with him—(shivers) Like a raw wind that gets to the bone, "
8 " She—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself—real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. "
9 " No, Wright wouldn't like the bird—a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that, too. "
10 " though I said to Harry that I didn't know as what his wife wanted made much difference to John— "
11 " She moved from that chair to this one over here (pointing to a small chair in the corner) "
12 " You're convinced that there was nothing important here—nothing that would point to any motive. SHERIFF: Nothing here but kitchen things. "
