As soon as she felt a little calmer, she murmured: "bring him here and let me see if you love him." he went and got the child. he placed him gently on the bed between them, and the little one stopped crying. she murmured: "don't move any more! " and he was quiet. and he stayed there, holding in his burning hand this other hand shaking in the chill of death, just as, a while ago, he had been holding a hand trembling with love. from time to time he would cast a quick glance at the clock, which marked midnight, then one o'clock, then two. in this excerpt from "a wedding gift," maupassant uses to develop characters. select all that apply.