Why do you think there was a painful pause when Winnies family realized she had actually gone with the Tucks on her own free will?

the narrator is saying that the old lady made her feel uncomfortable. you know this because they say "i found that rather irksome", "perhaps it was her being so upright and trim", and "i don't think it was that, because i thought that quaintly pleasant." hope this !

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i think it was freedom.

hope it

the following what exactly?

she needs to add a conclusion summing up the entire essay along with an ending sentence to complete it all nicely.