This passage is taken from a story set in the mid-1800s. from Home Scenes "REALLY, this is comfortable!" said I. glancing around the handsomely furnished parlour of my young friend Brainard, who had. weeks before, ventured upon matrimony, and was now making his first experiments in housekeeping. "Yes, it is comfortable," replied my friend. "The fact is, I go in for comforts." "I'm afraid George is a little extravagant," said the smiling bride, as she leaned towards her husband and looked tenderly into h face. "No, not extravagant, Anna," he returned; "all I want is to have things comfortable. Comfort I look upon as one of the necessarie life, to which all are entitled. Don't you?" I was looking at a handsome new rose-wood piano when this question was addressed to me, and thinking about its probable co "We should all make the best of what we have." I answered, a little evasively; "and seek to be as comfortable as possible under circumstances." "Exactly. That's my doctrine," said Brainard. "I'm not rich, and therefore don't expect to live in a palace, and have every thing ar What does the dialogue reveal about the relationship between the characters? 01. Brainard thinks that the narrator lives a very simple life. O 2. The narrator enjoys debating economic issues with Brainard. 3. Brainard realizes that the narrator is jealous of his new life. 4. The narrator believes that Brainard is living beyond his means.