In Hulga's case, the physical damage was caused at the young age of ten, as told in the story. She was, however, able to care for herself and walk with the aid of a wooden false leg, and had had more than twenty years to learn to accept her disability. Hulga was, however, very sensitive about her false leg, as she explains to the new male interest in her life, “No one ever touched her but her” (O'Connor 456). The male interest he now had was greeted as a Bible salesman and was very curious and insistent about his fake leg. As she continued to pry, Hulga explained, “It joins at the knee. Only to the knee” (O'Connor 456). She exclaimed this to her new boyfriend to calm him down and keep him interested. The physical damage to the leg was an obstacle, but not a total debilitating disability. That said, she still wasn't very interested in sharing false information