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Quote #7
Thus one couple after another with much the same irregular movement passed the flower-bed and were enveloped in layer after layer of green blue vapour, in which at first their bodies had substance and a dash of colour, but later both substance and colour dissolved in the green-blue atmosphere. (29)
The characters' dissolution into nature emphasizes their connection with it. They literally blend into the blue-green atmosphere, almost as though the greenery is swallowing them up. What do you make of this description—especially of the emphasis on color? What kind of final statement does it make about man and the natural world?