Question

1. Why was Madame Valmonde amused at the thought of Desiree and her baby?
2. Why did Madame Valmonde shudder at the sight of L'Abri?
3. Why was Madame Valmonde startled on seeing the baby? How was her reaction
different from the way Desiree talked about the baby?
4. What made Desiree believe that Armand was very happy about the baby?
5. What were the incidents that made Desiree realise that things were beginning
to change?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The book begins with Madame Valmonde driving over to see Desiree and her new baby. Madame Valmonde is amused at the thought of Desiree actually being a Mother with a child. ... Madame Valmonde believed that she was sent from a beneficent providence to be her child of affection because she did not have a child of her own.

2. Madame Valmonde had not seen Desiree and the baby for four weeks. When she reached L'Abri she shuddered at the first sight of it, as she always did.

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