How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Agatha smiled. She patted the bed. I knew what that meant, even though she hadn't done it since I was eight or so. I jumped into the center and arranged myself cross-legged. She climbed up and kneeled behind me. She undid my braids. Then she rested one hand on the crown of my head and used the other to drag a brush through my hair. Tingling ran through my body. I closed my eyes. It was going to be all right now. She'd forgiven me. I knew it. (3.23)
It may seem like Georgie is pretty naïve to think that Agatha is going to get over a breach of trust like this so quickly, but then again, these two are sister. Ovaries before brovaries, yo.
Quote #2
"But let me describe my particular state: I saw the two of you kiss. I told Mr. Olmstead. Mr. Olmstead threw over Agatha. Then Agatha ran off. There's a direct correlation between my telling and Agatha's leaving. If my sister is dead, I bear responsibility. If you think I'm going to accept a piecemeal body as evidence of my sister's death, you do not know me at all. Now, I've got money for a horse." (4.52)
To Georgie's credit, she certainly makes the connections in her explanation to Billy and seems to accept a lot of responsibility. We're wondering why Billy doesn't cave a little faster here, especially considering the part he played in all this.
Quote #3
The worst part (and the part I never wanted to admit) was that a moment before I spoke to Mr. Olmstead, I knew I shouldn't say a word. But up until that moment, I possessed absolute certainty of the rightness of my cause. I would have said, with confidence, that my sister was seeing Mr. Olmstead for his library. (Beware of such convictions, for they are fraught with peril.) (10.49)
Well, Georgie, why didn't you make up some excuse about why you came to visit? You could've said you wanted to check out all his taxidermy and books—that would have sounded totally normal.