Out of one window I can see the garden, those mysterious deep-shaded arbors, the riotous old-fashioned flowers, and bushes and gnarly trees.
Red: These key details contribute to the setting because without them it would be hard to form a picture in my head.
John does not know how much I really suffer. He knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him.
Green: the wife is struggling with her condition however she doesn't tell John because he believes there's no reason for her to be suffering. This contradicts my earlier opinion about how comfortable they are in their marriage and open with their feelings to each other.
saw such a garden -large and shady, full of box-bordered paths, and lined with long grape-covered arbors with seats under them. There
Red: The author uses imagery to describe the garden. This contributes to the story by allowing the readers to paint a mental image in their mind.
If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -a slight hysterical tendency -what is one to do?
Orange: What is temporary nervous depression? Why is it not a concerning matter?
John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.
Blue: the author is married to John and used to the exchanged laughs signifying they have a very open relationship.