By Kate ChopinReadOasis Step 3(Part 1)
Athenaise went away one morning to visit her parents, ten miles back on the Bon Dieu River in Louisiana. She did not return in the evening, and Cazeau, her husband, was worried.
Cazeau expressed his worries to his servant, Félicité, who served him dinner.
He ate alone by the light of an oil lamp. Félicité stood nearby like a restless shadow.
“They have only been married two months, and she has her head turned already to leave! It is not right!” she said....