She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, Mrs. Mallard retreats to her room and looks out the window. What does the description in the passage symbolize? Mrs. Mallard’s sadness at having lost the love of her life Mrs. Mallard’s confusion about how her husband died Mrs. Mallard’s excitement at the prospect of a new life Mrs. Mallard’s fear of facing life without her husband