"Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail. His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her."(Henry 167)
I picked this passage because I thought that it added to the irony of the story. It showed how well the two knew each other. She knew all his expression but could not read this one. (I can picture what was going through his head..."I just sold my fathers watch my most valuable possession for hair combos for my wife...and she is hairless?") Yet, even though they knew each other so well they could not have ever guessed that the other one would have sold their most valuable item to buy them a gift. Each one tried to make the "ultimate" sacrifice and it back fired.
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