Answer:
Rita will understand if you arrived late
Explanation:
The sentence's verbs that express a sequence of events is "Rita will understand if you arrived late".
This is because, the sequence of events is the way or structure of events as they come up in a story such as the beginning, middle and end of story has their own end and beginning.
As we know Curley's wife id terribly lonely in spite of his reservations the wife still wants to go and have time to spend and talk to with someone so she chooses Lennie. She insists Lennie because she knows Lennie will talk to her!
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Answer: To me I think her leaving home has affected her by making her sad and the simile is representing her crying or longing to go back like being home sick.
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