Dead Bird

"She's made her arrangement of grass and roses; now she wants to move to dispatch the bird as quickly as possible and go hunting for it's nest." (120)

Now that the bird is dead Angelica forgets it and moves on to try to find the birds eggs. The bird's eggs would be something that it left behind. It extends the birds life in a sense. Virginia comments earlier that she wants to lay down with the bird, but decides that she does not want to die yet. She wants to finish writing her book so her morality will continue in her work and so she will feel as if she has accomplished something.