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baize(62)-a soft, usually green, woolen or cotton fabric.
altruistic(70)-to be devoted to the welfare of others.

"...another woman may have taken those three words, lined them up as they appeared on the page, and divined a second meaning from the constellation of them."-By comparing the alignment to constellations. Therefore I consider this a metaphor.

"Paul had conquered his New Year's demon as well."-This is personification because it is giving a new year's resloution the characteristics of a demon.

"...uncomfortable scrutiny, one that made me feel like one of the brightlycolored insects he collected..."- This is a simile because it is comparing a human to a fish using the word like.

"I suppose that, having had the disadvantage of Louisa's indifferent care in my youth, I did not want to expose Weston to the same."(67) This is a significant qoute because it describes how judgmental people were even back 100 years ago. How human thinking in terms of grudges hasn't changed.

A theme continuing to portray itself is prejudice, only these few chapters were how people can be prejudiced against own family members.