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Kennicott sees her point of view and agrees to give her a
percentage of his income and let her have her own checking
account. Carol thanks him but Kennicott continues to voice his
grievances. According to him Carol frightens his good friend
Sam Clark with her highbrow attitude. Sam doesnÂ’t put his legs
up on a chair or smoke a cigar in their house because he is afraid
of CarolÂ’s disapproval. He tells her that she scares him by first
asking him a question, which he cannot answer, and then shocks
him by talking about mistresses. He sums up that she is very
moody and advises her to be temperamental by herself. Carol
seizes the chance to point out that she does not have her own
room to be by herself. He tells her that he would build a new
house, where she can have her own room. He is certain he would
get no credit for that and asserts that Carol would drive away all
his friends and his patients by the time he built the house.
Infuriated by this remark Carol declares that she will leave him
so that he could find another wife.
Kennicott admits that they had been cranky. He says that she is
not as bad as he said she is but he also tells her that she is not as
good as she thinks she is. He wants her to tell him why she
thinks she is superior to everyone else. She admits that her father
felt superior to all people and she might have inherited it from
him. Kennicott tells her that his friends have hidden virtues that
she never bothered to notice. Jack Elder loved music and Lymn
Cass had a love for history. Carol never pays any attention to
even his ambitions according to Kennicott. He explains to her
that they need a lot of money to visit all the places that Carol
wants to visit. He also tells her that besides building a new house
he wants to put by enough money so that they need not depend
on any one in their old age. He asks her if she ever thought of
lean days and Carol has to admit that she did not. So Kennicott
tells her that she should not think of him as being money minded.
Carol feels very repentant and promises not to call on the
Dillons.
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