Judging from the diction in the above excerpt, what is the explicit meaning?

Review paragraphs 12-15 of the short story, where della goes to get her hair cut at madame sofronie’s. use this “unseen scene” as an inspiration to write your own scene in which you imagine what the two characters might be doing and saying as the haircutting progresses. or you may want to imagine the scene in which jim sells his watch to buy the combs for della.