When she gets down to the outside porch (a sign behind her advertises "WASH TAKEN IN HERE"), she boldly tells him: "Ain""t you ashamed? You""re tryin"" to steal an ol"" lady""s automobile.During the argument, Toomes fired Brice for being careless and disrespectful in attitude.Brice threatened blackmail about the secrets of their work ("Maybe your wife would like to know where you really get your money from"), and Toomes agreed: "You""re right.Crews.Tina asked Nick about the no-show birthday boy, Michael, and what he looked like -- when he showed her a picture, she said worryingly: "I hink he""s dead, Nick."The Gathering Storm.The power of the sovereign states...is threatened by the new administration." Dr.Cameron (Spottiswood Aitken) reads to his family and the two Stonemans the news of the South""s threat to secede from the Union.