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"Had one of her crying spells and so on" This shows that Mae is upset with something but her husband cannot figure out what it is. .
"And she knew I wouldn't see you anywhere else and that made her feel alright" When her husband says that he will not go down to the Olympic anymore she is relieved. .
"I asked her if she wanted to go along bus she said no" This shows that Mae wants to stay home instead of being with her husband and maybe she wants to see jack. .
The Ladies Maid by Katherine Ann Mansfield.
Ellen, due to her grandfather's harsh treatment, thinks she is no good to anyone and becomes a slave to the ladies will because she does not learn to think for herself. .
"I shall have to begin to practice" Ellen will have to practice picking up the handkerchief. The lady is trying to psych her into guilt. .
"I've got nobody but my lady" This shows that Ellen thinks she has no hope. .
"He grabbed me by the hand and shut my fingers in them" This shows how Ellen was mistreated by her Grandfather. .
"My lady put me into collars and cuffs from the first" This shows the power the lady has over Ellen, even dictating how she dresses. .
"I"m not going to marry you, I cant leave my lady" This shows that the lady has complete control over Ellen, because she cannot even give the lady up when she loves someone and wants to marry them. .
Answers by Joyce Carol Oates.
A mentally unbalanced woman abused by her reserved empty father as a child kills her baby daughter so that she might not grow up with the same problems. .
"I don't want to talk about her" The narrator not wanting to talk about her own daughter who died in the car crash. .
"When I had forgotten my own daughter" The narrator was more worried about the other car and the passengers in the other car then her daughter. .
"I knew I would loose her sometime" The narrator showing that she has no sympathy for the death of her child. .
" This child was not mine" This shows that the lady does not know the child and maybe doesn't want her.