Beneath the soiled linen duster, which on her arrival was the most conspicuous feature of her costume, she wore a black stuff dr
ess whose ornamentation showed that she had surrendered herself unquestioningly into the hands of a country dressmaker. My poor aunt’s figure, however, would have presented astonishing difficulties to any dressmaker. What valid conclusion about a story character can you draw from the excerpt from “A Wagner Matinée” by Willa Cather?
