Alma Very Understanding

You have to remember Ollie didn't own her.
And she'd seen Luther a few times at the diner and she realized he was more than
the person that Ollie described to her in late night talks on her front porch.
Perhaps she detected a bit of jealosy in Ollies voice when he talked about Luther.
She had also probally talked to Kelsey a lot about Luther, and he spoke very highly of him.
The ladies of the boarding house also spoke proudly of Luther,
even Mr. Dellagondo told Alma, one day over chicken noodle soup at the diner that Luther Hegg was a fine man.
Then, well, there is always some romantic chemistry known to occur at a C of CC picnic.

Where did you get the idea he was scared of his own shadow?

RIP Heath Ledger 1979-2008

Only in movies: Don Knotts wins the heart of the hometown honey, who in real life was a Playboy Playmate.