B. James is skeptical and thinks Mr. Atkinson is overreacting to the situation.
The first involves the purchase of a new dress, and the second involves borrowing the jewelry she feels is needed to accompany it. It is only after she has borrowed the diamond necklace from Madame Forestier that she feels she can make a suitable appearance at the ball.
In the passages, the author gives a few details that develop the idea that establishing a colony at Roanoke was going to be difficult because of the Native Americans. The author says, "not all relations between the colonists and the Native Americans were friendly." He expands on this when he states, "some Native Americans were still angry about the colonists' presence and threatened to do battle." The Native Americans who did not want the English colony at Roanoke made it difficult to establish a colony.
