They who from birth have had no other speech than the trembling of their lips learn a language of the eyes, endless in expression, deep as the sea, clear as the heavens, wherein play dawn and sunset, light and shadow. the dumb have a lonely grandeur like nature’s own. wherefore the other children almost dreaded subha and never played with her. she was silent and companionless as the noontide.

discuss the author’s techniques in character development in this passage, including what we learn about subha. make specific references to details in the passage.