"Well," she said, "I think I'll look around to-morrow. I've got Friday and Saturday, and it won't be any trouble. Which way is the business part
Minnie began to explain, but her husband took this part of the conversation to himself.
"It's that way," he said, pointing east. "That's east.' Then he went off into the longest speech he had yet indulged in, concerning the
lay of Chicago. "You'd better look in those big manufacturing houses along Franklin Street and just the other side of the river," he
concluded. "Lots of girls work there. You could get home easy, too. It isn't very far."
Carrie nodded and asked her sister about the neighbourhood. The latter talked in a subdued tone, telling the little she knew about it,
while Hanson concerned himself with the baby. Finally he jumped up and handed the child to his wife.
es )
A)
The author reveals Carrie's yearning for the idyllic family life she sees her
sister enjoying
B)
The author attempts to portray Hanson as being dismissive of his wife, not
seeing her as an equal partner.
The author reveals the emerging tensions between Minnie and Carrie
because of Carrie's freedom and independence.
D)
The author attempts to portray Minnie as being oversensitive to criticism
from her husband, but careful to disguise it from Carrie.