“Robert and Mrs. Pontellier sitting idle, exchanging occasional words, glances or smiles which indicated a certain advanced stage of intimacy”
B
“Robert, addressing Mrs. Pontellier, continued to tell of his one time hopeless passion for Madame Ratignolle.”
C
“Mrs. Pontellier was beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being, and to recognize her relations as an individual to the world within and about her.”
D
“That summer at Grand Isle [Mrs. Pontellier] began to loosen a little the mantle of reserve that had always enveloped her.”
E
“[Edna] was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor. It muddled her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom.”