How we cite our quotes: (Act, Scene, Line)
Quote #7
RACHEL. Will this be published here, in the local paper?
HORNBECK. In the "Weekly Bugle"? Or whatever it is they call
The leaden stuff they blow through the local linotypes?
I doubt it. (I, I, 741-44)
Even Hillsboro's local paper is subject to Hornbeck's snooty commentary. Here he implies that people in small towns aren't as well informed as city slickers—even if those people happen to be journalists. Ouch.
Quote #8
BRADY. (With affable sarcasm) Is the counsel for the defense showing us the latest fashion in the great metropolitan city of Chicago?
DRUMMOND. (Pleased) Glad you asked me that. I brought these along special. (He cocks his thumbs in the suspenders) Just so happens I bought these galluses at Peabody's General Stores in your home town, Mr. Brady. Weeping Water, Nebraska. (I, II 67-74)
Oh, no, he didn't. But he did… Drummond turns the tables on Brady in this back-and-forth, all over a pair of questionable suspenders. His point is that Mr. Brady isn't as much of a small town boy as he seems—he's after big money and big fame. So much so that he and Mr. Drummond, the accused "city slicker," share the same taste in suspenders.
Quote #9
DAVENPORT. I object to this, Your Honor. Colonel Brady has been called as an authority on the Bible. Now the "gentleman from Chicago" is using this opportunity to read into the record scientific testimony which you, Your Honor, have previously ruled is irrelevant. (II, II, 434-38)
The nickname "gentleman from Chicago" is an underhanded diss. It's all polite on the surface, but this comment really aims to highlight how weird Drummond is because he's an out-of-towner. Basically, Davenport's accusing him of being a snob who thinks he's too good for the little old town of Hillsboro; and, by doing so, he's hoping to turn the jury against him.