How we cite our quotes: (Volume.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Alas! Madame St. Aubert knew not that she left it forever. (1.1.26)
Hold up. So the narrator's gonna throw a major spoiler in there like it's no biggie? It just goes to show that death's pretty abrupt in this book.
Quote #2
St. Aubert lifted up his eyes; the spirit of a father returned to them, but it quickly vanished, and he spoke no more. (1.12.27)
When Em witnesses her dad's death, it shakes her to the core. She'll always remember the moment she saw his spirit disappear. Pretty traumatic, we think.
Quote #3
She was recalled from her reverie to a mere mortal supper, and could not forbear smiling at the fancies she had been indulging […]. (2.2.28)
All this time, we've been thinking that Emily is obsessed with her own mortality. But what if it's the other way around, and she sees herself as being this otherworldly creature?