When she""s not looking, they place a frog in her pocket.At the dinner table that evening in the formal dining room, Maria is again victimized by another of the childrens"" antics - she sits on a rough-edged pine cone placed on her chair.Paine, who knows of Martins"" literary work, punches the drunken writer in the face and Calloway orders the "scribbler with too much drink in him" to be taken home to a British military hotel - and adds a harsh proposal that he leave on the next day""s plane.You can""t ever do that unless we can get them to eat something that ain""t human.It""s important and not just for us, but the rest of the world.God""s gonna send us all to Hell, and the Devil will surely send us back again if we don""t do the right thing.The predatory and ensnaring Matty inadvertently (but deliberately) kept referring to her wealthy husband Edmund Walker""s (Richard Crenna) many faults ("I can""t stand the thought of him.