The phrase "wings of disappointment" helps the reader understand Mr. Yates by conveying his dissatisfaction about the play being cancelled. This imagery suggests that his arrival is overshadowed by his feelings of disappointment, likely in relation to the events surrounding the theatrical party that did not go as planned.
Read the sentence below from paragraph 2.
He came on the wings of disappointment, and with his head full of acting, for it had been a theatrical party.
How does the phrase wings of disappointment help the reader to understand Mr. Yates?
It conveys the lasting impact of the dowager’s death.
It conveys his dissatisfaction about the play being cancelled.
It conveys his desire to travel lightly and quickly from house to house.
It conveys the reason he suggests the Mansfield guests put on a play.
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