Here are the lines from the passage sorted into the developing themes they support:
The New Beginnings of Seasonal Change:
- “She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life.”
- “The delicious breath of rain was in the air.”
The True Self Versus the Outward Self:
- "She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms."
- "Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul."