I love the line, "... and smokers not inhaling but hooked anyway." I felt like this really added to the scene of the southern women's persona when together. The narrator focuses on how 'well-bred' and the high society they all 'represent'. Smoking was in fashion but the idea that none of them are addicted and just doing it for show really shows the character of these women; the type that will say your dress is lovely and then when you leave the room say to their 'friend' how they saw it on sale for 5$ at Wal-mart because it was last season's throw back. I also thought the action of the two women upstairs listening in on the phone call to the hospital berating the woman who makes the phone call for not requesting an ambulance when they could have easily said something themselves about it was funny and further added to the character of all these women. They crave action and attention but are too caught up in their societal image to do anything but feed off of others and blow things out of proportion.
The attention to detail, almost over whelming the reader with images, adds to the idea that he has heard this story second hand from his grandmother. It's almost as if he's recounting what she told him word for word while she felt the need herself to give gross amounts of detail to prove the accuracy of the story. The focus on the physical also adds to their shallow focus on life, the 'keeping up with the jones' mindset.
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