The distant sounds of footsteps grow louder. The floorboards creak with each step, echoing through the silent house. A door slams open filling the house with noise. A clock ticks in the empty house. The wind whistles and howls.
. When he refers to "a new birth of freedom" (line 22), Lincoln means that once the war has finally ended, the nation will thrive under the notion that all men are created equal. There will be a new freedom for all once the war finishes and slavery is abolished.
When Mrs. Farquar saw Teddy, she was reminded of the natives
who became blind because of the venom of the snakes in their place. She was
very terrified and afraid that her son would grow up sightless, She was crying
and cradling her son into her arms, hoping that her cook(who was a native)
would be able to find a cure for her son.
