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Regarding the line "Alma´s mouth twitched"

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southendmd:
*twitch*bump*

CellarDweller:
I wonder if it could be that she's wondering if Ennis really does love the girls.  At any point in the story does he truly acknowledge love for Alma?

I'm sure that it's not rage she's feeling after what she sees, but rather shock.  However, for her to witness Ennis cheating, and then have him come into the apartment and mention the word "love" had to piss her off.

Brown Eyes:
I love the incredible minutiae of Brokie discussions sometimes.  It's fun to read things I wrote here several years ago at this point!  I feel like reiterating something I wrote way back in 2009...  I feel like a twitiching mouth is such an Ennis form of expression or repression.  It's an odd moment to notice a similarity between Ennis and Alma.

I think that simple little phrase 'Alma's mouth twitched' implies a world of bottled up emotions.  I think shock is probably the primary thing in this instance, but it probably also involves a bit of everything that people have mentioned in this thread.

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