SECTION B: PROSE Answer one question from this section. DAPHNE DU MAURIER: Rebecca Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: I was so deep in my picture, I even saw the porter pocketing his tip and going back through the swing-door of the hotel, saying something over his shoulder to the commissionaire, that I did not notice the slowing-down of the car, and it was only when we stopped, drawing up by the side of the road, that I brought myself back to the present once again. Content removed due to copyright restrictions. The glamour of it had gone with my happy mood, and at the thought of it my frozen face quivered into feeling, my adult pride was lost, and those despicable tears rejoicing at their conquest welled into my eyes and strayed upon my cheeks. (from Chapter 5)
- In what ways does du Maurier make this such a revealing moment in the novel?[25]
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