The imagery of smell
The sense of smell is depicted to the reader when Mrs. Spring says, "I crossed the banks above the beach and came back by the long road. In the green grass, the daffodils were blowing, in the cottage gardens, the currant bushes were flowering, and the air was the wallflower's perfume. I wished Laura; you were with me." The perfume of the wallflower depicts the sense of smell to the reader. Mrs. Spring is doing everything possible to Cheer Laura up, who seems confused with her parent's preference for her life partner.
The Imagery of Hearing
Mr. Spring is listening to every bit of the conversation between Mrs. Spring and Laura. However, Mrs. Spring is unaware that her husband is back from town. The author says, “Mrs. Spring was unaware that Mr. spring, having returned from the city, tired with the day’s business, had thrown himself down on the bamboo settee on the veranda, and although his eyes were engaged in scanning the pages of the Chinese World, his ears could not help receiving the words which were borne to him through the open window.” Therefore, the author notifies the reader that Mr. Spring's ears are alert, and he is hearing the secret woman talk around him.
The imagery of the girl’s listening
Laura was in a state of confusion because the time for her arranged marriage was fast approaching. She was in love with a different person, but her parents had arranged for her to marry the Chinese government school teacher's eldest son. Mrs. Spring was doing everything to console and encourage her that she could still marry the man of her dreams. Laura listened to Mrs. Spring's encouragement, and she felt better and hopeful. The author writes, "For a long time, Mrs. Spring Fragrance talked. For a long time, Laura listened. When the girl rose to go, there was a bright light in her eyes.”
The Imagery of Sight
When her cousin invited Mrs. Spring Fragrance, she saw many good things, including the babies born since she visited the city. The sense of sight is depicted to the reader when the author writes, “She was invited everywhere that the wife of an honorable Chinese merchant could go. There was much to see and hear, including more than a dozen babies who had been born in the families of her friends since she last visited the city of the Golden Gate.”
