Mrs. Slade longed for her daughter Jenny to be like Babs, Alida’s daughter. Then the story of Grace Ansley’s great-aunt Harriet and how she sent her sister out one night because she wanted to spend time with a man they both loved. That’s when things got interesting. It led to the argument of who wrote a note to Grace when she was a young girl in Rome. Alida read it word for word to her, including the signature. She had hoped that by sending her out, Grace would catch Roman Fever and die. She had so much hatred for her. We learn that Grace and Alida loved the same man, Delphin Slade, growing up in Rome. At the time of the letter, Alida was engaged to Delphin and Grace had been seeing Delphin. It ends when Alida feels she had everything from Delphin, and all Grace got was a letter. However, Grace ends with saying “I had Barbara,” the daughter Alida had so long desired to have. While cheating is a part of the everyday life now, and part II deals with some psychological events, the passage is quite tragic and extreme, therefore I classify it as
Mrs. Slade longed for her daughter Jenny to be like Babs, Alida’s daughter. Then the story of Grace Ansley’s great-aunt Harriet and how she sent her sister out one night because she wanted to spend time with a man they both loved. That’s when things got interesting. It led to the argument of who wrote a note to Grace when she was a young girl in Rome. Alida read it word for word to her, including the signature. She had hoped that by sending her out, Grace would catch Roman Fever and die. She had so much hatred for her. We learn that Grace and Alida loved the same man, Delphin Slade, growing up in Rome. At the time of the letter, Alida was engaged to Delphin and Grace had been seeing Delphin. It ends when Alida feels she had everything from Delphin, and all Grace got was a letter. However, Grace ends with saying “I had Barbara,” the daughter Alida had so long desired to have. While cheating is a part of the everyday life now, and part II deals with some psychological events, the passage is quite tragic and extreme, therefore I classify it as