had to pour it for him and she says You have no respect for your Fatherās memory and I says I dont know why not it sure is preserved well enough to last only if Iām crazy too God knows what Iāll do about it just to look at water makes me sick and Iād just as soon swallow gasoline as a glass of whiskey and Lorraine telling them he may not drink but if you dont believe heās a man I can tell you how to find out she says If I catch you fooling with any of these whores you know what Iāll do she says Iāll whip her grabbing at her Iāll whip her as long as I can find her she says and I says if I dont drink thatās my business but have you ever found me short I says Iāll buy you enough beer to take a bath in if you want it because Iāve got every respect for a good honest whore because with Motherās health and the position I try to uphold to have her with no more respect for what I try to do for her than to make her name and my name and my Motherās name a byword in the town.
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