Question

oking inward
voyage across the ocean is very
her, and the majority of my readers have
n several. some may even remember the old
mship atlantic, for i think she was making her
iar trips when the war of 1860 began. the great
difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but
the people you meet on them. we met good and
tortune on the atlantic, and robert perversely chose
the latter. the good fortune came in a mr. and mrs.
lis of boston. they had been to geneva,
itzerland, to place their sons in some famous school
re, and were returning home. it is fifty - nine years
ce we traveled together, but i have the clearest and
ssardest remembrance of them. mr. curtis and
test were much together, and mrs. curtis sat a great
al with me and my children, helping me to take care of
tem, and telling me about boston housekeeping and
sial life. i was charmed with her descriptions, and
ged to settle in boston beside her.
) our evil fortune was represented by a man of about
ty years of age whose name i will not write. he had a
itary title and reputation, had been governor of his
tate, was very rich, and had great political influence. he
ll opposite to us at the dining - table, and i noticed him
e first meal that i ate in the saloon. for he watched
robert with eyes like those the evil angels may look out
of, and robert appeared quite unconscious of the
trained 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
move 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 scold
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.