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Mrs. Ashton
The girlfriend of the Marvelous Marvin Ware lives in a large and comfortable house on the outskirts of Chicago. When Marvin thinks he can make a few quick dollars by giving people (like Miss Carter, Eppie Carter, Mrs. Malone, Jimmie, and Deza) a place to stay, he brings them to his girlfriend’s house, and she takes them temporarily.
Girlfriend Quotes in The Mighty Miss Malone
The The Mighty Miss Malone quotes below are all either spoken by Girlfriend or refer to Girlfriend. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 20
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The woman who answered the door was strikingly beautiful and long-limbed and dressed in a flowing robe that looked like an orange cloud had left the skies and was floating around her legs.
She smiled and hugged Jimmie. “Little Jimmie! I know you from the park! I love your voice, poppa!”
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The woman told the numbers man, “I’m only doing this because it’s Little Jimmie’s family. You already dumped that Carter woman and her brat in the basement and that’s that. This ain’t no hotel or no orphanage either.”
Marvelous Marvin said, “Woman, please.”
She pointed at me. “I’d best not catch you snooping round my sister’s room neither.”
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Girlfriend Quotes in The Mighty Miss Malone
The The Mighty Miss Malone quotes below are all either spoken by Girlfriend or refer to Girlfriend. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 20
Quotes
The woman who answered the door was strikingly beautiful and long-limbed and dressed in a flowing robe that looked like an orange cloud had left the skies and was floating around her legs.
She smiled and hugged Jimmie. “Little Jimmie! I know you from the park! I love your voice, poppa!”
[…]
The woman told the numbers man, “I’m only doing this because it’s Little Jimmie’s family. You already dumped that Carter woman and her brat in the basement and that’s that. This ain’t no hotel or no orphanage either.”
Marvelous Marvin said, “Woman, please.”
She pointed at me. “I’d best not catch you snooping round my sister’s room neither.”
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