From the detailed description, one of the Mrs. Baroda’s traits is inconstancy. Before meeting with him, she regards she won’t like Mr. Governail. But without any satisfactory explanation to herself, Mrs. Barado “rather liked him when he first presented himself.” During the following days when they have the chance to know well each other, Mrs. Baroda swings between her like and dislike for her husband’s best friend. The fickleness reflects a conflict in her mind: The instinctive motivations and the societal judgments.