In Paragraph 42 of April Showers Wharton uses words like

Last updated: 12/12/2022

In Paragraph 42 of April Showers Wharton uses words like carrying it tenderly like a live thing that had been hurt and its soiled edges and the ink stain on Aunt Julia s ribbon to A contrast Theodora s feelings about her manuscript novel with the editors apparent feelings B show that the editors had at least read her manuscript even though they rejected it C show that Theodora never gave up her dream to get her novel published