Answer:
She invites him into her garden.
Explanation:
John Steinbeck's "Chrysanthemum" is a short story of a couple who lived a passionless life, and the patriarchal expectations of women. The lady protagonist, Elisa Allen represents the women who are stuck in a male dominated society with no way of doing anything by themselves.
Elisa and her husband Henry were in their garden when the stranger came on the road. Introducing himself as a tinker, he asks for any work, repairing of pots an pans. Elisa expresses her desire to be a traveler like him, leading an adventurous life which the man claims is dangerous for the women. Elisa then invites the man when he started paying interest in her flowers, the chrysanthemums. This act of inviting him within the 'circle' of her garden is indicative of her trust in him. While he was previously only conversed with with the garden fences in between them, he was allowed to come into the 'world' of Elisa when he became 'interested' in her own work.
