A middle-aged local farmer who visited the Wrights’ home and discovered Minnie calmly pleating her apron as her husband lay murdered in his bed. He accompanies Henderson and Peters, although not a legal authority, because of his firsthand account of the case. Mrs. Hale worries that her husband will reveal his tendency to “say unnecessary things” and make things more difficult for Minnie when telling the story of his discovery.
Lewis Hale Quotes in A Jury of Her Peers
The A Jury of Her Peers quotes below are all either spoken by Lewis Hale or refer to Lewis Hale. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“Oh, well, women are used to worrying over trifles.”
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“I’d hate to have men comin’ into my kitchen…snoopin’ round and criticizin’.” “Of course it’s no more than their duty.”
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“They think it was such a—funny way to kill a man.”
“That’s just what Mr. Hale said….There was a gun in the house. He says that’s what he can’t understand.”
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Lewis Hale Quotes in A Jury of Her Peers
The A Jury of Her Peers quotes below are all either spoken by Lewis Hale or refer to Lewis Hale. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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A Jury of Her Peers
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“Oh, well, women are used to worrying over trifles.”
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“I’d hate to have men comin’ into my kitchen…snoopin’ round and criticizin’.” “Of course it’s no more than their duty.”
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Explanation and Analysis:
“They think it was such a—funny way to kill a man.”
“That’s just what Mr. Hale said….There was a gun in the house. He says that’s what he can’t understand.”