My response

My novel, Women in Love, started with two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen having an intimate sisterly conversation about an important step in life, that is, marriage. Gudrun wanted to know whether Ursula want to get married, yet Ursula replied in a calm and considerate manner that she's not sure and she even once rejected several. The conversation further led to another issue, whether they should have children or not. But soon the conversation trailed off, focusing on why Gudrun had come back home. Gudrun replied, "I think my coming bak home was just reculer pour mieux sauter", meaning "to move back to better jumping." The awkwardness Ursula felt came to an end when Gudrun suggested to go out and look at the wedding.
I admire the way the author, D.H. Lawrence described the landscape and sceneries the sisters passed on their way to the wedding, "a valley with collieries, and opposite hills with cornfields and woods, all blackened with distance, as if seen through a veil of crape. White and black smoke rose up in steady columns, magic within the dark air." The image of the darkness and creepiness left Gudrun feeling bewildered.
When the sisters finally came to the wedding, the description of the guests and bridesmaids amazed me, especially the description of Hermione Roddice, a friend of the Criches. "She drifted forward as if scarcely conscious, her long, blenched face lifted up, not to see the world." Not only did D.H. Lawrence emphasize the arrogant behaviour through the behaviour of Hermione, but the reactions of people around her, gave me a deeper insight of this intimidating person. "People were silent when she passed, impressed, roused, wanting to jeer, yet for some reason silenced." The world seemed to stop revolving in the presence of such a character.
Last by not least, the fair, good-looking, healthy, energy-served fellow, Gerald Crich that attracted Gudrun, left me eager to find out what is going to happen between them. :)