Question 1: Consider the influence of the settings of "Désirée's Baby" on its plot. A great deal depends, for example, on Désirée's move from the Valmondé estate to L'Abri, the Aubigny mansion, and the story hints that Armand's first desire for Désirée depended on how she looked with the Valmondé's stone pillar for a backdrop: "It was no wonder, when she stood one day against the stone pillar in whose shadow she had lain asleep, that Armand Aubigny riding by and seeing her there, had fallen in love with her. That was the way all the Aubignys fell in love, as if struck by a pistol shot. The wonder was that he had not loved her before; for he had known her since his father brought him home from Paris, a boy of eight, after his mother died there" (552). How would you describe the way setting and plot interact in this story?