“If he'd changed his mind, why didn't he write to her and at least break it off like a gentleman, for goodness' sake?”
The Matron of Honor couldn’t calm down. Firstly, she felt sorry for her dear friend Muriel and her family. What a terrible situation they found themselves in. The woman was sure that it would cause irreparable damage to their reputation. Secondly, she was angered by the groom’s lack of foresight. She kept asking why he failed to write to her “and at least break it off like a gentleman.” That was something that she wasn’t able to comprehend. Being a good friend, she was sick with worry about Muriel.
“I felt lonely”
The Matron of Honor kept bashing poor Seymour; almost every passenger in a car was discussing that a failure of a wedding, dragging the groom’s name down. It would be a huge underestimation to say that Buddy felt uncomfortable. He knew Seymour better than these people would ever do and loved his brother dearly, but he couldn’t even stand up for him, otherwise they would understand that Buddy was Seymour’s brother. Readers might ask themselves why Buddy just sat in car. He could leave and go home; no one forced him to stay. The answer was rather simple, that Buddy “felt lonely.” Sometimes bad company is better than no company at all.
“Would you say that somebody's normal that pulled a stunt like the one today?”
According to the Matron of Honor, Seymour was the embodiment of abnormality. She believed that no one in his right mind or as she put it “normal” would never pull “a stunt” like the one they all witnessed that day. The woman asked “quietly-quietly” whether Buddy would be able to do something like that. Her tone, along with the uncomfortableness and hostility of the atmosphere, made Buddy’s palms sweat. He didn’t know what to say and how to protect Seymour from all the accusations. What was more, and that could be something even he was afraid to admit, the young man worried that the Matron of Honor could be right. In a given moment of insecurity, we all question our normality.
