That night, Ben hides in his room. The house had been silent after the game. Bull read a newspaper throughout dinner to avoid talking to his family. Ben never went down to dinner at all. Now, from his room, he can hear his father downstairs on the driveway practicing. Lillian enters to check on Ben. He asks how she's feeling, and she says she's sore, but she'll live. Ben ridicules her taste in men, and Lillian tells him she's had a hard enough day without him being a smart-aleck. Lillian says it's hard on her because she always acts as a buffer between Bull and his children. She tells Ben that if Bull ever does that to Ben again, she will leave him.
Ben reminds Lillian that she says that every time Bull hurts.....
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