Study Questions
1. What is different about Adele’s eyes when she talks to Robert?
2. What is Adele’s fear when she asks Robert to leave Edna alone?
3. How does Adele explain that fear to Robert?
4. Why is it important that nobody take Robert seriously?
5. What does Robert tell Adele about Alcee Arobin?
6. What is Robert’s thought about Edna?
7. How do the lovers walk?
8. Why does Madame Lebrun have someone else working the treadle of her sewing machine?
9. How does Madame Lebrun account for...
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