Calixta feels no guilt for her adulterous affair as "her firm, elastic flesh that was knowing for the first time its birthright, was like a creamy lily that the sun invites to contribute its breath and perfume to the undying life of the world". ...
"With his new wife were brought two stepdaughters Their faces were beautiful and lily white, but their hearts were ugly and black as coal- Some of the exact differences between the different versions include, the fact that in the story we see that after the mother dies the father is still alive but he stays alive throughout the story and does not love his daughter the same as the other two girls. ...
