10. The melodramatic scene in which Mrs. Smith [the lady in black] comes to comfort Mary upon learning that Maggie has died: "The woman in black raised her face and paused.  The inevitable sunlight came streaming in at the windows and shed a ghastly cheerfulness upon the faded hues of the room.  Two or three of the spectators were sniffling, and one was loudly weeping.  The mourner [Mary] arose and staggered into the other room.  In a moment she emerged with a pair of faded baby shoes held in the hollow of her hand.  'I kin remember when she [Maggie] used to wear dem,' cried she.  The women burst anew into cries as if they had all been stabbed."  (pp57-8)