"I only ask for one; let mrs. pontellier alone." "tiens!" he exclaimed, with a sudden, boyish laugh. "voilà que madame ratignolle est jalouse!" "nonsense! i’m in earnest; i mean what i say. let mrs. pontellier alone." "why?" he asked; himself growing serious at his companion's solicitation. "she is not one of us; she is not like us. she might make the unfortunate blunder of taking you seriously." what inference can a reader make from madame ratignolle’s request to robert?
O edna may be hurt by robert later in the novel.
O madame ratignolle is jealous.
O robert will never talk to mrs. pontellier again.
O mrs. pontellier and madame ratignolle will become enemies later in the novel.
