In fact, she is more likely to seek relief in social life; she goes out, makes visits, and like Mrs. Dalloway attaches enormous importance to her parties; she goes to every wedding, every funeral; no longer having any existence of her own, she feeds on the company of others; she goes from being a coquette to a gossip: she watches, she comments; she compensates for her inaction by dispensing criticism and advice to those around her.