Over time, the work sometimes diminished. Sometimes it became normal.
So there was no need to think too much about all of the unfair treatment.
Serious face and full of firmness may be one of the obstacles of why many men were reluctant to approach her.
Afraid that she'd scold them or found the words unmatched when they got t know Monna better.
It was Monna's rigidity that sometimes made her difficult to be approached.
However, did Monna just miss something?
It was like seeing a faint smile. But very faint. Until Monna kept thinking that maybe she saw wrong.
Did Anthonie mock her ugliness in finding a partner?
Wanted to nag or laugh at him back.
Monna didn't have a single rebuttal that could go against Anthonie's honesty.
Didn't want to mess with him and talk too much.
Anthonie who Monna thought was actually a quiet person. In fact, continued to be a speaker.