Desiree's Baby

Give 3 quotes that demonstrate Armand's behavior/demeanor after rumors spread that his wife is not white

The scene when Armand finds out that his wife and child is black and not white.

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He thought Almighty God had dealt cruelly and unjustly with him; and felt, somehow, that he was paying Him back in kind when he stabbed thus into his wife's soul.

Reference to Armand, p. 181

When the baby was about three months old, Desiree awoke one day to the conviction that there was something in the air menacing her peace. It was at first too subtle to grasp. It had only been a disquieting suggestion.

p. 179