Answer:
The stranger is more aggressive and actually enters Elisa's garden, while Henry seems to respect her personal space.
Step-by-step explanation:
John Steinbeck's short story "The Chrysanthemums" is about Elisa and her husband Henry's life in the farm where there are very few people to interact with.
On day, a man turned up at their farm looking for any job but Elisa told him they haven't any. But when he started noticing and talking about her chrysanthemum flowers, she became excited and delightfully converse with him. She also invited her inside the garden and they kept talking. For Elisa found that this man knows and values her flowers.
On the other hand, her husband Henry seems to have no interest as such with her flowers. The author/narrator says that they are a well-matched couple but they talk formally with each other.
Elisa's interaction with her husband and the man differ in that the man was more aggressive in his approach, leaning in to talk to her and even entering her garden. Henry, on the contrary, seems to have more respect for his wife's space and interests.