mands just as she could have been if only she had followed a different path in life. When met by this man, they engage in an unnatural, insincere and cliche conversation about the children, which indicates that the two no longer have anything in common and that he feels awkward being around a woman such as herself. The only thoughts that can pass through the woman's head is that her perfect ex-lover is just looking at her in disgust and thinking how lucky he is that he did not end up with her. "From his neat head unquestionably rises a small balloon...'but for the grace of God...'" She is extremely self-conscience and alone, nobody in the world will listen to her so she is left to talk to the wind. Her words drift away, never to be heard and understood by anyone, as she is not the perfect mother that society expects a woman to b
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