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Clarisse is Alcée’s wife and a minor character, appearing only in story’s conclusion. Although she’s a loving wife, she’s happy to have some time away from Alcée, and the story implies that she doesn’t like being physically intimate with him. Like Calixta, Clarisse uses the time away from her husband to tap into the youthful side of her personality, as she’s vacationing near many old friends. However, as an inverse to Calixta, it’s the absence of sex with Alcée that allows Clarisse to feel young and happy again.
Clarisse Laballière Quotes in The Storm
The The Storm quotes below are all either spoken by Clarisse Laballière or refer to Clarisse Laballière. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Alcée Laballiere wrote to his wife, Clarisse, that night. It was a loving letter, full of tender solicitude. He told her not to hurry back, but if she and the babies liked it at Biloxi, to stay a month longer. He was getting on nicely; and though he missed them, he was willing to bear the separation a while longer—realizing that their health and pleasure were the first things to be considered.
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And the first free breath since her marriage seemed to restore the pleasant liberty of her maiden days. Devoted as she was to her husband, their intimate conjugal life was something which she was more than willing to forego for a while. So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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Clarisse Laballière Quotes in The Storm
The The Storm quotes below are all either spoken by Clarisse Laballière or refer to Clarisse Laballière. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 4
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Alcée Laballiere wrote to his wife, Clarisse, that night. It was a loving letter, full of tender solicitude. He told her not to hurry back, but if she and the babies liked it at Biloxi, to stay a month longer. He was getting on nicely; and though he missed them, he was willing to bear the separation a while longer—realizing that their health and pleasure were the first things to be considered.
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And the first free breath since her marriage seemed to restore the pleasant liberty of her maiden days. Devoted as she was to her husband, their intimate conjugal life was something which she was more than willing to forego for a while. So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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