HERIFF: They wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it!COUNTY ATTORNEY: Frank's fire didn't do much upthere, did it? Well, let's go out to the barn and get that cleared up. MRS HALE: I don't know as there's anything so strange, our takin' up ourtime with little things while we're waiting for them to get the evidence. I don't see as it's anything to laughabout.MRS PETERS: Of course they've got awful important things on theirminds.
complete dismissal
MRS HALE: No, I don't mean anything. But I don't think a place'd be any cheerfuller forJohn Wright's being in it.COUNTY ATTORNEY: I'd like to talk more of that a little later. I want to get the lay ofthings upstairs now.
dismissal
I guess before we're through she may have something moreserious than preserves to worry about.HALE: Well, women are used to worrying over trifles
for their dismissal
Maybe they would—maybe they wouldn't
what does this mean
When I was a girl—my kitten—there was a boy took ahatchet, and before my eyes—and before I could get there—If they hadn't held me back I would have——hurt him
JESUS CHRIST. so she really relates to her.
We think the—cat got it
yes, they dont deserve your evidence
Somebody—wrung—its—neck
he strangled the bird so she strangled him.
She—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself—real sweet andpretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. How—she—did—change
abuse.
But he was a hard man, Mrs Peters
probs not the best situation for her to be isolated, mabe the bird was her company until it died and then she started to lose herself without it.
Maybe because it's down in a hollowand you don't see the road
isolated
But I tell you what I do wish, MrsPeters. I wish I had come over sometimes when she was here. I
they have a gut feeling
Why, look at this door. It's broke. One hinge ispulled apart
someone running from somehting or someone trying to get through or someone just really ngry.
Why, I don't know whether she did or not—I've not been here for so long.There was a man around last year selling canaries cheap, but I don't know as she tookone; maybe she did. She used to sing real pretty herself
birdcage with no bird equals most likely a dead bird, could be related to motive.
MRS HALE: Mrs Peters, look at this one. Here, this is the oneshe was working on, and look at the sewing! 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 wasabout
not in the best head space
They wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it
just why. your supposed to look at this shit
Mr Henderson is awfulsarcastic in a speech and he'll make fun of her sayin' she didn't wake up.
they know even if she didnt do it the men are not gonna put her in a good situation
She said she wanted an apron. Funny thing to want, for there isn't muchto get you dirty in jail, goodness knows
she wants to be tidy and clean
She used to wearpretty clothes and be lively, when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls singing inthe choir
ummm a drastic change in personality and social behavior i wonder what could be the reason?
No, I don't mean anything. But I don't think a place'd be any cheerfuller forJohn Wright's being in it.
my girl has instincts
I shouldn't say she had the homemakinginstinct.
literally why do men
MRS HALE: I've not seen much of her of late years. I've not been inthis house—it's more than a year.
some more signs of some toxic/ abusive relationship.
MRS HALE: There's a great dea
used to this shit
Not much of a housekeeper, would yousay, ladies?
your gonna belittle the women for worrying about their preservatives then beraid them because the house work wasnt perfectly done.
I guess before we're through she may have something moreserious than preserves to worry about.HALE: Well, women are used to worrying over trifles
its all in the minor details idiots.
Well, can you beat the women! Held for murder and worryin' about herpreserves
hnestly just dumb
Here's a nice mess
she did at the very least see her husbands dead body, i dont think she was worried about the kitchen mess.
OUNTY ATTORNEY: I guess we'll go upstairs first—and then out tothe barn and around there, You're convinced that there was nothingimportant here—nothing that would point to any motive.SHERIFF: Nothing here but kitchen things
They are dismissing the kitchen stuff probrably because they think its frivalous and wont matter, but if the prime suspect is the wife, and at this time women were supposed to be in the kitchen, why would you not look closely at the kitchen?
could that be kind meaning that she sleeps soundly now that hes dead?
suicide or murder, or murder to look like suicide
she wasnt happy about his death.
seems like she gone a bit off the rocker (pun intended)
that's not a sign of a healthy relationship, and outsiders had some idea of what was goin on.
really good idea, wont possibly destroy any evidence
only their last name, which since birth are married, are there husbands last name. So even in a story focusing on them they are defined by their husbands.
Maybe because it’s down in a hollow and you don’t see the road.
far from the road, not easy to be seen, isolated.
Seems funny to think of a bird here. But she must have had one, or why wouldshe have a cage? I wonder what happened to it.MRS. HALE:I s’pose maybe the cat got it.MRS. PETERS:No, she didn’t have a cat. She’s got that feeling some people have about cats — being afraid ofthem. My cat got in her room and she was real upset and asked me to take it out
if she did have a bird another death
‘He died of arope round his neck’
hung, suicide or murder
COUNTY ATTORNEY:By the way, has anything been moved? Are things just as you left them yesterday?SHERIFF:(looking about) It’s just the same. When it dropped below zero last night I thought I’d better send Frankout this morning to make a fire for us — no use getting pneumonia with a big case on, but I told him not totouch anything except the stove — and you know Frank
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