Agroup in the back started fanning themselves and singing the song "heatwave,” making everyone laugh and sing along. the author conveys the joy in the excerpt through the use of an allusion. anaphora. a metaphor. repetition.

Fine fellow, that lebrun," said arobin when robert had gone. "i never heard you speak of him.""i knew him last summer at grand isle," she replied.  what becomes apparent during this conversation? robert and arobin are both aware they are rivals for edna’s affections.arobin is unaware of robert’s role in edna’s life, but robert is aware of arobin’s role.robert is completely unaware of arobin’s romantic intentions and love for edna.robert has much more confidence in himself than arobin does.