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(1) one voyage across the ocean is very m another, and the majority of my readers have taken several. some may even remember the old steamship atlantic, for i think she was making her regular trips when the war of 1860 began. the great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them. we met good and evil fortune on the atlantic, and robert perversely chose the latter. the good fortune came in a mr. and mrs. curtis of boston. they had been to geneva, switzerland, to place their sons in some famous school there, and were returning home. it is fifty - nine years since we traveled together, but i have the clearest and pleasantest remembrance of them. mr. curtis and robert were much together, and mrs. curtis sat a great deal with me and my children, helping me to take care of them, and telling me about boston housekeeping and social life. i was charmed with her descriptions, and longed to settle in boston beside her.
(2) our evil fortune was represented by a man of about sixty years of age whose name i will not write. he had a military title and reputation, had been governor of his state, was very rich, and had great political influence. he sat opposite to us at the dining - table, and i noticed him the first meal that i ate in the saloon. for he watched robert with eyes like those the evil angels may look out with, and robert appeared quite unconscious of the hatred in their glances. but i said nothing about my observations, for within the past few days i had discovered that there was one phase of life, in which my husband was a stranger to me. i had known him hitherto in a very narrow domestic and social circle. i saw him now among business men, lawyers, financiers, and men of the world and fashion. i was astonished. i wondered how i had dared to contradict and advise, and even snub
the narrator uses hindsight to show her husband made a detrimental choice on the ship.
the narrator explains how her instincts told her going west would be a bad decision.
the narrator portrays the governor’s mannerisms to explain why she distrusted him.
the narrator describes with great fondness the couple she met while on the ship.

Explanation:

Answer:

The narrator describes with great fondness the couple she met while on the ship.
The narrator portrays the Governor’s mannerisms to explain why she distrusted him.
The narrator uses hindsight to show her husband made a detrimental choice on the ship.