Maybe put it in parenthesis or maybe wait until the next paragraph. I'm not sure it all depends on your teacher.
Answer:
By sympathizing with the young couple.
Explanation:
The whole story is narrated mainly in third person. There are a few times where the narration shifts into first person but the narrator does not seem to be another character in the story and does not expand his view beyond Della's.
y now, you've probably heard that taking illicit drugs might have the unfortunate effect of frying your brain -- especially if you're familiar with the now-cliche 1980s anti-drug ad that elegantly compares drug use to egg frying with the pithy message:
"This is your brain (an egg). This is drugs (a hot frying pan). This is your brain on drugs (one fried egg). Any questions?"
The gifts because the old man took his stuff and gave it back to him, to pretty much in a way say " it's okay"