According to Boccaccio, some people believed the sins of some to be the cause of the plague. They believed that God punished them for committing sins by giving them the plague
The juxtaposition of Jane’s and Mrs. Fairfax’s attitudes toward the dining room shows this about Mrs. Fairfax:
She sees the rooms in a practical way.
<h3>What was Mrs. Fairfax's disposition?</h3>
The disposition of Mrs.Fairfax in the text is that of a person who is not moved by the magnificence of the rooms. She rather sees them for what they are.
More so, since there were no humans to inhabit the rooms, there was not so much to brag about.