How we cite our quotes: (Line Number)
Quote #13
For evere he demed, sith that it bigan
That whan the lord fulfild hadde his corage,
Him wolde thinke it were a disparage
To his estaat so lowe for t'alighte
And voyden hire as sone as ever he mighte. (906-910)
Janicula is totally aware of the class difference between Walter and Grisilde. Rather than thanking Walter for "raising" her up, though, Janicula takes a cynical point of view: he thinks that Walter is pretty much just going to use Grisilde for sex.
Quote #14
That neither by hire wordes ne hire face
Biforn the folk, ne eek in hire absence,
Ne shewed she that hire was doon offence;
Ne of hire heighe estaat no remembraunce
Ne hadde she, as by hire countenaunce. (920-924)
Grisilde's apparent lack of recognition that she was ever raised to high estate supports her declaration to Walter that she truly never thought of herself as anything more than a servant.
Quote #15
For she is fairer, as they demen alle
Than is Grisild, and more tendre of age,
And fairer fruit bitwene hem sholde falle,
And more plesant, for hire heigh linage. (997-991)
The townspeople's belief that more pleasing fruit will fall from the marriage of Walter and this girl (because of this girl's higher lineage) than from the marriage of Walter and Grisilde is ironic because, of course, this girl is the fruit of the marriage of Walter and Grisilde.