He's laconic, unflappable, unkillable and irresistible to the county's vast population of untrustworthy good gals and big-hearted bad gals.
And since this is a Susan Isaacs novel, we can be reasonably sure the good gals will win after being put through a satisfyingly twisty obstacle course.
There was tension in the workshop air as 11 women eyed power tools like good gals wanting to date bad boys.
You're a good gal and don't deserve this.
He propped up her elbow with a folded towel, so she could pluck the strings, and the three of them played "Broke Down Engine," an old blues that Curley and Blind Willie McTell used to play: Went down to my prayin' ground Fell down on my knees Went down to my prayin' ground Fell down on my knees Ain't prayed for no religion Send me back my good gal, please.
"It was for men to bring her down and get her to reveal herself as quite a good gal, sporty and democratic.
A good gal, he'd decided, maybe too nice and quiet to see what had been left behind in some of his rooms, but a dedicated worker.
and "Sissy Man Blues" in 1935: I believe, I believe I'll go back home (2×) Lord acknowledge to my good gal, mama, Lord, that I have done you wrong Now I'm going to ring up China yeah man, see can I find my good gal over there (2×) Says the Good Book tells me, that I got a good gal in the world somewhere.
She told us of how she and Karen were the best of friends, and of what a good gal she was and then she said: "But then Karen took acid".
Ethel was everything a good gal pal should be: loyal, honest and willing to go along with Lucy's latest train-wreck idea, while Lucy was the dreamer who gave Ethel the excitement she craved.
While Johnson is disillusioned with one woman, he also yearns for another: I'm gon' write a letter, telephone every town I know (2×) If I can't find her in West Helena, she must be in East Munroe I know ... I'm 'on' call up Chiney, see is my good gal over there (2×) If I can't find her on Philippine's island, she must be in Ethiopia somewhere.
