Mrs. Dalloway 6

• "A sound interrupted him; a frail quivering sound, a voice bubbling up without direction, vigour, beginning or end, running weakly and shrilly and with an absence of all human meaning into ee um fah um so foo swee too eem oo." (p. 80)

Opposite Regent's Park Tube station, an old woman is carelessly singing an old song. Regardless of the people around her, the old woman is content singing. Throughout the entire novel, the characters are very critical of each other and often care what society thinks of them. However, Virginia Woolf makes a point to include this free spirited woman into Mrs. Dalloway. Upon leaving the station, Peter Walsh pities the old woman, perhaps feeling embarrassed for her, while this is an eye-opener for Rezia; causing her to appreciate the old woman's carefree attitude and assures her that "everything was going to be right." (p. 83)