The Grass is Singing Lesson Plan

What did Mary discover about Dick when the two of them were at the station? How did it make her feel?

Mary had been waiting by the car for Dick to finish up his business. As he exited the store, a man greeted him as Jonah and asked if Dick's farm had flooded him again. Mary could hear the undertone of contempt in the man's voice. Dick returned to Mary with a strained face, and she asked who the man was. Dick explained that he had borrowed 200 pounds from him just after they were married and that he still owed him another 50.

Dick's interaction with the man contradicted all of Mary's ideas about him. She had previously held contempt for Dick as a man, but never as a...