"and then he wanted to ram it down my neck it was on account of not liking to see her a wallflower that was why we had the standup row over politics he began it not me" (U18.173)
"when he said about Our Lord being a carpenter at last he made me cry of course a woman is so sensitive about everything I was fuming with myself after for giving in only for I knew he was gone on me and the first socialist he said He was" (U18.175)
"he annoyed me so much I couldnt put him into a temper still he knows a lot of mixedup things especially about the body and the inside" (U18.178)
"I often wanted to study up that myself what we have inside us in that family physician I could always hear his voice talking when the room was crowded and watch him after that I pretended I had a coolness on with her over him because he used to be a bit on the jealous side whenever he asked who are you going to and I said over to Floey" (U18.180)
"and he made me the present of lord Byrons poems" (U18.185)
"and the three pairs of gloves so that finished that" (U18.185)
"I could quite easily get him to make it up any time I know how even supposing he got in with her again and was going out to see her somewhere Id know if he refused to eat the onions" (U18.186)
"I know plenty of ways ask him to tuck down the collar of my blouse or touch him with my veil and gloves on going out 1 kiss then would send them all spinning however alright well see then" (U18.189)
"let him go to her she of course would only be too delighted to pretend shes mad in love with him that I wouldnt so much mind Id just go to her and ask her do you love him and look her square in the eyes she couldnt fool me but he might imagine he was and make a declaration to her with his plabbery kind of a manner like he did to me" (U18.191)
"though I had the devils own job to get it out of him though I liked him for that it showed he could hold in and wasnt to be got for the asking" (U18.196)
"he was on the pop of asking me too the night in the kitchen I was rolling the potato cake theres something I want to say to you only for I put him off letting on I was in a temper with my hands and arms full of pasty flour in any case I let out too much the night before talking of dreams so I didnt want to let him know more than was good for him" (U18.198)
"she used to be always embracing me Josie whenever he was there meaning him of course glauming me over" (U18.202)
"and when I said I washed up and down as far as possible" (U18.204)
"asking me and did you wash possible the women are always egging on to that putting it on thick when hes there they know by his sly eye blinking a bit putting on the indifferent when they come out with something the kind he is what spoils him I dont wonder in the least" (U18.205)
"because he was very handsome at that time trying to look like lord Byron I said I liked" (U18.208)
"though he was too beautiful for a man and he was a little before we got engaged" (U18.209)