Wright's life and how women help sew up the details. Mrs. Peters is at first worried that Mrs. Hale will remove the stitches and sew them properly. She asks, “Oh, what are you doing, Mrs. Hale?” (881). Mrs. Hale responds that she is "just pulling a stitch or two that aren't sewn very well" and that she will "just end up at that end" (881). This is ironic because the women end up sewing up his tusk the same way they sewed up his blanket. It is ironic that both women end up being responsible for Mrs. Wright's fate when they are not responsible for their own. Ms. Peters is another example of the situation