As the author is a keen observer of human nature particularly the relationships between people, he is narrating the entire story of Louise in his own words. The story is framed in an ironic way, but at first it is a hidden irony. He says that Louise had a delicate and gentle nature and though she disliked the author, she never told him that directly but her delicate, ladylike gestures conveyed to him what she meant. They knew each other for twenty-five years and according to her, he was a course, brutal, cynical and vulgar fellow. But one thing he could not understand, in spite of all that, why did she take an interest in him She invited him for lunch and dinner quite often and also asked him to spend a week-end at her country house. At last, the author thought to have understood her motive. It was the author alone who did not believe in her and could not be fooled by her. She knew it and was constantly trying to convince him and took it for granted that one day, she would succeed.
The prevailing moods of the story are ironical and emotional. This story is realistic in style. It is reveals human virtues and vices. The story “Louise” has a gripping and fast-moving plot. The plot of the story is complicated. The story has the following composition: there is no exposition. The development of the plot begins from the first paragraph. The climax is logically reached in dialogue between the narrator and Louise. The denouement is shown in the last paragraph. The elements of plot ordered chronologically. There are two main characters: Louise and the author himself, where Louise is a antagonist and the author is protagonist. There are also some flat characters such as Tom Maitland, the first husband of Louse; George Hobhouse, her second husband, and her daughter One day, as they were sailing, Tom Maitland suffered from cold as he gave away to Louise all the rugs to keep her warm. He died and she was left with a daughter and a good fortune. Everybody thought that she would soon follow her husband to the grave, but she survived the shock. Iris was her daughter and fearing that she would be left an orphan, people were all the more concerned about Louise and she was not allowed to do anything tiresome or inconvenient. At first she refused a second marriage because of her weak heart, but after a year, she married George Hobhouse, who was an ambitious soldier and was happy to take care of Louise. But he resigned his commission because of Louise’s health; they had to spend the winter at Monte Carlo and the summer at Deauville.The entire story shows Louise’s usual behavior and produces the necessary effect on the reader. And even that fact that she always repeated to her husband that she wouldn’t live long and the fact that she “outlived” both of them produces an ironic effect. For example, “She had too much delicacy ever to make a direct statement, but with a hint and a sigh and a little flutter of her beautiful hands she was able to make her meaning plain”.
It is possible to say that all Louise’s life is one big antithesis, because she has lived more than forty years softly making other people do what she wants but constantly repeating “I hate the thought of anyone sacrificing themselves for me.” - See more at: http://ardhendude.blogspot.com/2014/08/interpretation-from-louise-by-w.html#sthash.p1wuk7TY.dpuf