Question

She often told us of the games she used to play as a child. That seemed quite absurd and undignified on her part and we treated it like the fables of the Prophets she used to tell us. Please elaborate. THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY.

Answer 1

To the narrator in the ‘Portrait of a lady,’ the grandmother is old, grey haired with wrinkles in the faces.

Since past twenty years, the grandmother seems to be same to him.

This is why the entire story seems to be like a fable for him when he finds no changes.