In part two of Trifles, which quotation most supports the theme that women are often unaware of the suffering of other
women?
O MRS. PETERS. Oh--I don't know. I don't know as she was nervous. I sometimes sew awful queer when I'm just
tired.
O MRS. HALE. It would, wouldn't it? (Dropping her sewing.) But I tell you what I do wish, Mrs. Peters. I wish I had
come over sometimes she was here.
O MRS. PETERS. I know what stillness is. (Pulling herself back.) The law has got to punish crime, Mrs. Hale.
O MRS. HALE. ...I tell you, it's queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together and we live far apart.