As soon as the section opens we are thrust into the middle of a very emotional discussion, and we need to read several lines back to understand what "it" (As in, "We made it up already") is. We find out that the discussion is about Catherine's wish to marry Rudolpho. We know from our own knowledge of the play that Eddie has phoned up immigration to inform them that Rudolpho and Marco are living in their house so that Rudolpho will be out of the picture and Eddie will have Catherine to himself. However, it is notable that even in this knowledge Eddie feels very strongly that Catherine should not marry Rudolpho ("Eddie: with increasing anxiety :...".) This could be for a number of reasons; either Eddie could be worried about Catherine getting hurt when Rudolpho is taken away by immigration, or he doesn't want her to even be thinking about marrying him because then they might be able to stay together, however, as the plot progresses we find which one of these possibilities is true.
             When Eddie says, "But you never knew no other fella, Katie! How could you make up your mind?" we can see that he is getting more and more desperate, using the same argument over and over again to try and persuade Catherine not to marry him . Catherine then says," 'Cause I did. I don't want nobody else" Although she is saying that she doesn't want a different man, there is an underlying feeling, she doesn't want Eddie. After this, Eddie brings up the topic of immigration "...suppose he gets picked up". We know from a previous scene that Eddie has informed on Marco and Rudolpho, something which at the start of the book he was very much against, and by bringing up the topic he is not only mentally preparing Catherine for it, but also himself. Then Catherine counters this argument by saying that that is the exact reason why she wants to marry Rudolpho as soon as possible, h...