She felt “prettier than them all” and she was in a “cloud of happiness.” During this time, her dreams were being realized. All that she thought of the wealthy, their leisure, their __, and their happiness, were all true. For one night, all was going right for her, but even in this time of joy, she still felt out of place. As she was getting ready to leave, her husband threw on her shoulders “modest wraps of common life…[that] contrasted the elegance of the ball dress.” Loisel was shocked back into reality and was embarrassed and wanted to leave before the women in “costly furs” noticed
She felt “prettier than them all” and she was in a “cloud of happiness.” During this time, her dreams were being realized. All that she thought of the wealthy, their leisure, their __, and their happiness, were all true. For one night, all was going right for her, but even in this time of joy, she still felt out of place. As she was getting ready to leave, her husband threw on her shoulders “modest wraps of common life…[that] contrasted the elegance of the ball dress.” Loisel was shocked back into reality and was embarrassed and wanted to leave before the women in “costly furs” noticed