Strickland (James Tolkan).After school as they were talking in the town square, a woman approached with a petition to save the town""s Clock Tower that had been struck by lightning exactly 30 years earlier.]:Kaye: My mind""s been wandering lately...Oh, it""s just one of those days.Let""s sit down and have a good cry...No casting today.Leave your name and telephone number and we""ll get in touch with you later.Mr.Powell isn""t seeing anyone until the end of the week.Last week, and the week before, and the week before hat.Where did I ever get the idea that I was a good actress?Jean: Say, who got all those rave notices a year ago?Kaye: Yeah, but that was a year ago...What a glorious feeling, I""m happy again..I""m laughing at clouds, so dark up above..The sun""s in my heart, and I""m ready for love.Let the stormy clouds chase, Everyone from the placeCome on with the rain, I""ve a smile on my face.I""ll walk down the lane, With a happy refrainAnd I""m singin"", just singin"" in the rain.The appearance of mirrors in the hallway implies that he rape is metaphorically executed over and over again, and also reflects the mental/psychological state of the victim.Rose gazes at him, trying o attract a glance while entering the house.Rose quickly persuades Esther to join her and stand on the front porch to look at the boy.Attempting to be non-chalant, both desperately want to be noticed and admired.Unsuccessful in attracting his attention, he is oblivious o them and imperviously wanders inside.Rose thinks: "He""s not very neighborly, I must say."They also go inside their house, where they anticipate he evening""s events.When Esther reminds Rose of her fateful phone call, stuck-up Rose disdainfully mentions her disinterest in boys before drifting upstairs to wash her hair:My dear, when you get to be my age, you""ll find out here are more important things in life than boys.I brought here clear from Boston.I paid her expenses and all, and I""ve got a contract that represents an investment of capital.Little Bill: Property.Skinny: Damaged property, like if I was to hamstring one of their cow ponies.Little Bill: Are you figurin"" nobody will want to f--k her now, right?Skinny: Hell no, least ways, they won""t pay to do it.