93-95. NOT ILLITERATE--DEED. Katie was not without reading; but she was
not of those who dabble in sentimental novels (the source of imaginary
tears), and saturate themselves with unctuous charities; and whose powers
to act are sapped by their excess of feeling.
105. UNCLAIM'D. As having nothing to do with her. Katie resented the
implication in the question of line 100. She therefore disdained to
answer it. Messrs. Rowe and Webb hold that line 100 is a hint that the
speaker, Lawrence Aylmer, was responsible for James's fit of jealousy.
l25f. Note the art with which the old man's garrulousness is expressed.
The cautious precision of lines 151-152 is particularly apt.
176. NETTED SUNBEAM. The sunlight reflected like a net-work on the
bottom. The ripples on the surface would have this effect.