Answer: “Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars.”
Explanation:
Mainly because of racism and sexism.
Answer:
At first she was upset by the rush of visitors but now she feels more comfortable with it.
Explanation:
According to the given excerpt, the narrator feels inconvenienced by the influx of visitors at her family home but when her cousin from India gives her a special gift which she once had, she is immediately "transported" and becomes more comfortable with their presence.
