Lloyd is presently unable to contribute $15 to pay for Hattie's new teeth. He then goes on an extended rant about his mother's relationship with Bill Chator: "Listen Mother I love you and all that But if you can't keep from messing around with trash like Bill Chator I don't want anything to do with you at all. So you can do as you like and keep his friendship or you can lose mine." Lloyd accuses Hattie of doing the same thing her ". . .no good husband done, and that is run out in Texarkana."