Answer: The grammar on this is hard to understand, but I believe it must be these 2 sentences!
There stood, facing the open window, a
her
body and seemed to reach into her soul.
She could see In the open square before her house the
tops of trees that were all aquiver with
the new spring life.
Explanation:
I believe there are two sentences in the excerpt that reflect the main character's uneasiness with his family history, and those are:
1. <span>The full contents of the chest never came quite clear, perhaps because he didn't want to know.
</span>2. <span>His mother had once tried to explain the paper to him, but he hadn't wanted to listen.</span>