So how did the transition take place from a stable marriage to demolition as the story comes to an end in the last paragraph? “The room was silent. His heart beat like it did on their first night together, as it did again when he woke to a noise in the dark and waited to hear it again - the sound of someone moving around the house, a stranger. First, it reflects the change in the relationship from mutual trust and love to mutual awkwardness and uncertainty as a result of the love test. Because her husband's responses and actions greatly disappoint Ann due to his superficiality, Ann's request to "Turn off the light" (4) can be interpreted as her not wanting to face the fact that she must sleep with a man who cannot be trusted