"-this man was likely to be worth one hundred dollars."..... Lyddie realized that if she turned Ezekial in, she would get $100 and that would solve all of her problems, and she could get her family back together.
"I've half a mind to sign the blooming petition. Oh Betsy, you wouldn't!"... Betsy wants to sign the petition, but Amelia doesn't want her to.
"We're working longer hours, tending more machines. Our real wages have gone down more often than they've gone up."... These girls are mad because they are working longer hours and instead of their wages going up, it's going down.