Quote 7

" 'I'm jealous of your thoughts tonight. They're making you a little kinder than usual, but some way I feel as if they were wandering, as if they were not here with me.' "

My mind wonders off all the time. I have a bad habit of doing that while someone is talking to me. Wondering, to me, happens when I miss someone, when I'm stressed, or when I'm just spaced out thinking about my life. I can't help but to do so because I have a billion thoughts roaming around in my mind. When I wonder, I am sorting out my thoughts like when an intern has to sort files into a drawer. In my mind I am putting everything where I best think it should go. Chopin uses "jealous" only to let the reader see that Arobin has some type of interest in Mrs. Pontellier. This also helps describe the Edna Pontellier character. This quote describes that Mrs. Pontellier isn't open with her thoughts and is conservative. Since it's used in this manner, Mrs. Pontellier gives the attention all to her because of her silence. She clearly is concentrating and thinking about something that is capturing all her attention. More along after the quote Mrs. Pontellier answers to this mysterious silence of her by kissing with him.