“He’s retreated upstairs because you’re rude.” “I don’t think it’s rude to speak the truth. He looks like he’s packed to go on a trip around the entire state of Hidalgo. Aunt Julia says he’s a spendthrift and she doesn’t want him living with her anymore. Now he suddenly shows up with all his shirts and neckties when he couldn’t bother to come for Father’s funeral? He’s come to live here. But I don’t give free room and board.”
