There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature. It says that as a result of her husband's death there would be no powerful will bending hers, So she is free from her husband's "control".
Sonny learns about the sun and the stars.
The way Joe Willow explains the change from day to night, is that when "daddy", in this case the sun, "goes to bed" (sets), "all the little children come out". The "little children" refer to the stars, they are coming out in the sky at night time.
It's asking basically like , what feeling is the character picking up from the other characters actions. In other words, what does the character do to make Squeaky feel that way.
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