Beneath the soiled linen duster, which on her arrival was the most conspicuous feature of her costume, she wore a black stuff dress whose ornamentation showed that she had surrendered herself unquestioningly into the hands of a country dressmaker. my poor aunt’s figure, however, would have presented astonishing difficulties to any dressmaker. what valid conclusion about a story character can you draw from the excerpt from “a wagner matinée” by willa cather?