Dr.Shearing knew that Cross had been ""viraled off"" the green pills eight months earlier - that""s why he wasn""t feeling the effects of physical degradation ("They infected you with live virus, which means that, physically, you""re stable.Pearl, you""re curved in the flesh of temptation.Resistance is gonna be a darn sight harder for you than for females protected by the shape of sows.Yes siree, bob.You gotta sweeten yourself with prayer.Pray till you sweat, and you""ll save yourself from eternal hell-fire.You understand me girl?Pearl: Yes sir.Jubal prays over his sultry convert as she gets on her knees:Oh Lord, look upon this thy creature.She""s a weak vessel and a pauper as thou knowest, but she wants to be thy handmaiden.Give her the horse sense not to go wanderin"" off in the tulies with worthless cowpokes.Amen.Jubal gives her a "hallowed medal" to wear (and taken off a "thievin"" cardsharper") that he promises will keep her "sweet and clean as a first milkin"".He asserted that there was no evidence that anything happened to Whitney: "There""s no car, no witnesses, nothing.When it is discovered that he Bannon herd is possibly stricken - Hud disregards for the law by shooting at a flock of assembled buzzards nearby, while principled patriarch Homer objects:Homer: I wish you wouldn""t do that, Hud.