“They live Uptown. Richer than where I live, the Ninth Ward, New Orleans. Less than eight
miles apart. It might as well be the moon.”

It mirrors Chopin’s own affection for her friend Kitty.

Note that: "She smiled, just as if she had been asked to inspect a tiara of diamonds with the ultimate view of purchasing it. But she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers."

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