![]() ![]() Her reason partly agreed, her instinct wholly rebelled. The "anger" that Irene detects, for instance, never really erupts as the adult Clare's life runs its tragic course. In other ways, Irene's idea of the "catlike" Clare doesn't quite play out. In some ways, the adult Clare does indeed seem "catlike": her way of looking at the world can be highly emotional, yet her life is structured around a calculated scheme to hide her true identity. This quotation occurs early in the narrative, and establishes a standpoint for assessing Clare's behavior as Passing progresses. Or, driven to anger, she would fight with a ferocity and impetuousness that disregarded or forgot any danger, superior strength, numbers, or other unfavorable circumstances. Then she was able of scratching, and every effectively too. And there was about her an amazing soft malice, hidden well away until provoked. Sometimes she was hard and apparently without feeling at all sometimes she was passionate and rashly impulsive. ![]() ![]() Certainly that was the word which best described Clare Kendry, if any single word could describe her. ![]()
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