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Quote #10
The old woman continued to muse aloud, a monotonous irritating sound, while Elizabeth thought concentratedly, startled once, when she heard the winding-engine chuff quickly, and the brakes skirr with a shriek. (2.56)
Elizabeth's irritation with her mother-in-law going on and on (and on—apparently for about 30 minutes) about her son's evil ways is palpable here. It just doesn't seem like Elizabeth has any source of joy in this story—heck, forget joy, it seems like there's nothing that isn't a source of pain or irritation to her.