Wheeler to go down to the orchard and pick cherries from the tree when she "persisted rather complainingly, saying that the cherries were too high for her to reach, and that even if she had a ladder it would hurt her back. ... Wheeler is from the beginning of this story when he reluctantly goes down to the orchard and is clearly annoyed by his wife's physical weakness. ... As they passed him, under the red light of the Armour sign, Claude could see that her eyes were full of tears (Cather 1197). ... Claude does not have intentions of hurting the couple, but he feels rather intrigued by ...

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