And Mister Gregarian done made it clear that Rocky could turn the wives out on their backs, legs spread for whoever could pay the debt. That was a consequence of deadbeatery. A man who couldn’t pay his debt ain’t enough of a man to defend his wife either.
Rocky wasn’t like that. He was no rapist. If a woman had gotta sell her cherry pie, he wouldn’t stand in her way, but he wouldn’t make her do it. He done explained that to Signor Caraldo, and he explained it today yet again to Signor DeSantos.
From Rocky the Ex-Con