Analyze Word Choice and Realism Explain why this passage is considered realis
Most of the people at that early hour were
still in bed and asleep. A few, who intended
to go over to the ChÃa niÃre for mass, were
moving about. The lovers, who had laid
their plans the night before, were already
strolling toward the wharf. The lady in
black, with her Sunday prayer-book, velvet
and gold-clasped, and her Sunday silver
beads, was following them at no great
distance. Old Monsieur Farival was up, and
was more than half inclined to do anything
that suggested itself. He put on his big
straw hat, and taking his umbrella from the
stand in the hall followed the lady in black
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