Later, as the guests depart, Esther has hidden Truett""s hat as a way to detain him and make him the last one to leave.He takes his forceps and jerks a tooth from the mouth of a Chinaman patient.With great pain and longing on her face, Mrs.McTeague approaches and gazes thoughtfully at her son who is in the crowd - she ambitiously imagines her son bettering himself and in the same position as the dentist administering a glass of water to the Chinaman and being paid.Apperson: Look here, young man! I""ve stood all he nonsense and idleness from you that I""m going to stand! We""re in the fight now.Joe carries a heavy icebox up the many flights to help keep cockroaches away from perishables.Ratso comments on the demolition-bound squalor of the building: "It""s not, not bad, huh? There""s no heat here, but you know, by the time winter comes, I""ll be in Florida.