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was turned over to the artisans There was to be an addition--a s, and hardwood flooring was to be put

into such rooms as had not yet been subjected to this improvement

Furthermore, in one of the daily papers appeared a brief notice to the

effect that Mr and Mrs Pontellier were conte a summer sojourn

abroad, and that their handso sumptuous alterations, and would not be ready for occupancy

until their return Mr Pontellier had saved appearances!

Edna admired the skill of his maneuver, and avoided any occasion to balk

his intentions When the situation as set forth by Mr Pontellier was

accepted and taken for granted, she was apparently satisfied that it

should be so

The pigeon house pleased her It at once assumed the intimate character

of a home, while she herself invested it with a charlow There ith her a feeling of having descended in

the social scale, with a corresponding sense of having risen in the

spiritual Every step which she took toward relieving herself froth and expansion as an individual She

began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the deeper

undercurrents of life No longer was she content to "feed upon opinion"

when her own soul had invited her