Notably, “Her fate! What nonsense. An orphan out of the storm, what did she have but dreams to sustain her? A future when...Such talk! The ravings of an old man.”
This passage is representative of either one of two things. It reads a little delusionally on the surface, but after thought, I think it is reasonable that this could be chatter among peasants, their silent and unspoken opinions regarding Desiree’s passion and drive to leave and find Daniel, where many believe him to be in the right, and her to be a hopeless dreamer. However, the last sentence suggests another possibility, it could be internal thoughts of Desiree and Mon. Bienconnu. With the latter, the passage reads almost like an unspoken dialogue, an argument between a lovestruck child and the old elder, world-weary and only trying to dissuade her from inevitable pain.
For example:
“Her fate? What nonsense.”
“An orphan out of the storm, what did she have but dreams to sustain her?”
“A future when...such talk!”
“The ravings of an old man.”
This formatting reads both as either internal and separate thoughts of the pair, but also as the suggested possible idle chatter of other nearby villagers. As some have listened in and commented on conversations (namely one between Mama Euralie and Desiree the same chapter), I think it’s also a realistic possibility showing contrast between both Desiree and the rest of her community, and Desiree and the elder.
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