Which point of view does the narrator use in the passage?"Beannacht libh," cried Miss Ivors with a laugh as she ran down the staircase.Mary Jane gazed after her, a moody puzzled expression on her face, while Mrs. Conroy leaned over the banisters to listen for the hall-door. Gabriel asked himself was he the cause of her abrupt departure. But she did not seem to be in ill humor: she had gone away laughing. He stared blankly down the staircase.
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Which point of view does the narrator use in the passage?"Beannacht libh," cried Miss Ivors with a laugh as she ran down the staircase.Mary Jane gazed after her, a moody puzzled expression on her face, while Mrs. Conroy leaned over the banisters to listen for the hall-door. Gabriel asked himself was he the cause of her abrupt departure. But she did not seem to be in ill humor: she had gone away laughing. He stared blankly down the staircase.
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The narrator in the passage uses third person point of view. This is evident as the narrator describes the actions and thoughts of the characters (Miss Ivors, Mary Jane, Mrs. Conroy, and Gabriel) from an outside perspective. The use of pronouns like "she", "her", and "he" also indicates this point of view.
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