" He claimed he had always wanted to marry a girl someone like her:I want a wife and a family.I want a home in America.And every time I think of havin"" a home like that, I always think about it with a girl like you.I mean, a girl with a good Army background like my own.She refused to accept his demeaning characterization of her foolish thoughts, and begged for his love: "What do you mean ""a girl like me""? I""m not a type.They quickly part when he leaves for his train.[The speck of dust is symbolic of the romance being planted in her heart.]That""s how it all began, just through me getting a little piece of grit in my eye.I completely forgot the whole incident.It didn""t mean anything to me at all.At least I didn""t hink it did.In their second chance meeting, they enjoy a brief, casual but pleasant conversation on the street during another of her weekly trips - trips where she appears to be searching for something hat her dull husband and routinized life cannot offer:The next Thursday, I went into Milford again as usual.In the bridge as wind and rain pummeled the bridge window, Jason removed a rusty harpoon from the wall.(He gives a disarming smile and wave toward Harvey.)Butch, using a clever ruse, walks unarmed up toward his rival.Harvey is already in a knife-wielding stance, and asks hat they first work out the rules: "No, no, not yet, not until me and Harvey get the rules straightened out.Lydecker: It""s lavish, but I call it home.The acerbic critic/writer is naked - reclining in his bath water at one end of his gigantic marble bathtub.