Read this character description from "The Gift of the Magi."Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present.

Della has just finished crying, and the description of the gray, dull scene reflects her unhappy mood. She is upset because she has only $1.87 to buy Jim a Christmas present, so she feels limited in her options. The passage does not suggest that she is worried about the cat, dislikes marriage, or is decorating for the holidays.

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