I think that this text is a great way to show how certain people are able to watch others, while some are not. For example, the Cousin sits in his window, from which he is able to "overlook the entire panorama of the splendid square at a single glance" (378). So, he watches the people in the market from a height. Also, the narrator calls a poor child a "ruffian" at one point, which could imply that him and the cousin are from a more upper-class background. Also, they make up stories about what could be the lives of the people in the square, instead of (specifically for the narrator) learning about their lives from them. However, the cousin is using his imagination to make up what their lives are so that he isn't as bored as he could be in his room, especially because he is in a wheelchair and therefore has less mobility than the narrator. I think that this text is interesting to read however it is very repetitive with their observations of the higher women in the square.