Doris is a “white girl” who is new to working at the jewel bearing plant. She gives Patrice and Valentine rides to work each day and also gives Patrice a ride to the train station when she goes to Minneapolis to look for Vera, showing Doris’s capacity for kindness and generosity. At the same time, though, Doris also asks Patrice what happened between her and Bucky the summer before. Through the course of the conversation, Patrice comes to understand that Doris’s brother was one of the boys in the car when Bucky and his friends assaulted her. Patrice realizes then that she can’t trust Doris.
Doris Lauder Quotes in The Night Watchman
The The Night Watchman quotes below are all either spoken by Doris Lauder or refer to Doris Lauder. 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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Word went out that dough was in Patrice’s bucket. That she’d forgotten to cook it, bake it, fry it […] Saint Anne pushed a buttered bun across the table to Patrice. Someone handed an oatmeal cookie down the line. Doris gave her half a bacon sandwich.
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Doris Lauder Quotes in The Night Watchman
The The Night Watchman quotes below are all either spoken by Doris Lauder or refer to Doris Lauder. 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:
).
Lard on Bread
Quotes
Word went out that dough was in Patrice’s bucket. That she’d forgotten to cook it, bake it, fry it […] Saint Anne pushed a buttered bun across the table to Patrice. Someone handed an oatmeal cookie down the line. Doris gave her half a bacon sandwich.
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