How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Arrietty watched him move away from the step and then she looked about her. Oh, glory! Oh, joy! Oh, freedom! The sunlight, the grasses, the soft, moving air and halfway up on the bank, where it curved round the corner, a flowering cherry tree! (8.28)
Sure Arrietty might sound like she's going a bit overboard here, but remember, she's never seen these things before. Imagine you've lived underground your whole life, and you might understand the way she describes seeing sunlight, grass, and a cherry tree for the first time.
Quote #5
Arrietty was glad to see the morning room: the door luckily had been left ajar and it was fascinating to stand at last in the thick pile of carpet gazing upward at the shelves and pillars and towering gables of the famous overmantel. (12.4)
Why does Arrietty consider the overmantel to be such a big deal? She talks about it as if it's the grandest most wonderful place imaginable. We wonder if Homily would react the same way.
Quote #6
So that's where they had lived, she thought, those pleasure loving creatures, remote and gay and self-sufficient […] and they had lived only on breakfast food—[…] crispy bacon and little sips of tea and coffee. Where were they now? Arrietty wondered. Where could such creatures go? (12.4)
Where indeed? The story of the Overmantels becomes larger than life for Arrietty when she sees the place where they lived. The mystery only adds to Arrietty's awe for their home and their story.