1 There was no sign of Mrs. Pontellier and the children.
2 She was fond of her children in an uneven, impulsive way.
3 It was Robert, surrounded by a troop of children, searching for them.
4 Both children wanted to follow their father when they saw him starting out.
5 Many of the children had been permitted to sit up beyond their usual bedtime.
6 He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children.
7 The children possessed themselves of the tent, and Mrs. Pontellier went over to join them.
8 There were other children beside, and two nurse-maids followed, looking disagreeable and resigned.
9 Mr. Pontellier was a great favorite, and ladies, men, children, even nurses, were always on hand to say goodby to him.
10 Two young lovers were exchanging their hearts' yearnings beneath the children's tent, which they had found unoccupied.
11 You speak with about as little reflection as we might expect from one of those children down there playing in the sand.
12 The children all scampered off to the awning, and they stood there in a line, gazing upon the intruding lovers, still exchanging their vows and sighs.
13 It would have been a difficult matter for Mr. Pontellier to define to his own satisfaction or any one else's wherein his wife failed in her duty toward their children.
14 They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.
15 Mrs. Pontellier's mind was quite at rest concerning the present material needs of her children, and she could not see the use of anticipating and making winter night garments the subject of her summer meditations.
16 Edna had prevailed upon Madame Ratignolle to leave the children behind, though she could not induce her to relinquish a diminutive roll of needlework, which Adele begged to be allowed to slip into the depths of her pocket.
17 When Mrs. Pontellier left him to enter her room, the young man descended the steps and strolled over toward the croquet players, where, during the half-hour before dinner, he amused himself with the little Pontellier children, who were very fond of him.
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