..I know my wife...How would she form an instant antagonism like that?" Mundson also states that he married her only a day after meeting her.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'.She explains how she ended her trip in Martinique because she was broke: "Because I didn't have money enough to go any further.Norma is deluded into believing that she will have a great comeback on the big screen ("a return o the millions of people who have never forgiven me for deserting he screen") playing the lead in her own rough draft of a screenplay itled "Salome" - "a very important picture.