by Katherine Mansfield
Of course, the car was there. She'd only to cross the pavement. But still she waited.
There are moments, horrible moments in life, when one emerges from shelter and looks out, and it's awful. One oughtn't to give way to them. One ought to go home and have an extra-special tea. But at the very instant of thinking that, a young girl, thin, dark, shadowy —where had she come from? —was standing at Rosemary's elbow and a voice like a sigh, almost like a sob, breathed: "Madame, may I speak to you a moment?"
"Speak to me?" Rosemary turned. She saw a little battered creature with
question.
Which quotation best reveals the main character's thoughts?
(1 point)
Supposing she did do one of those things she was always reading about or seeing on the stage, what would happen?
Rosemary peered through the
• dusk, and the girl gazed back at her.
She saw a little battered creature with enormous eyes, someone quite young, no older
coat-collar with reddened hands, anc shivered as though she had just come out of the water.
-madame, stammered the voi ould you let me have the price of a c
of tea?"
"A cup of tea?" There was something simple, sincere in that voice; it wasn't in the least the voice of a beggar. "Then have you no money at all?" asked Rosemary.
"None, madam," came the answer.
"How ta dia, Ros any percack
water.
"M-madame," stammered the
• voice. "Would you let me have the price of a cup of tea?"
1 answer
The quotation that best reveals the main character's thoughts is:
"Supposing she did do one of those things she was always reading about or seeing on the stage, what would happen?"
This line reflects Rosemary's internal contemplation and hesitation, indicating her awareness of societal norms and expectations regarding kindness or charity. It shows her conflict between her current situation and the possibilities of action, revealing her thoughts and feelings at that moment.
