Question #2: How would the meaning of the fourth sentence (“With its many…”) be different

1. She was wearing her usual at-home vesture…It consisted mostly of a hoary midnight-blue Japanese kimono. She almost invariably wore it through the apartment during the day. With its many occultish-looking folds, it also served as a repository for the paraphernalia of a very heavy cigarette smoker and an amateur handyman; two oversized pockets had been added at the hips, and they usually contained two or three packets of cigarettes, several match folders, a screwdriver, a claw-end hammer, a Boy Scout knife…, and an enamel faucet handle or two, plus an assortment of screws, nails, hinges, and ball-bearing casters – all of which tended to make Mrs. Glass chink faintly as she moved about in her large apartment. -- JD Salinger, Franny and Zooey Question #1: What does the detail in this passage reveal about Mrs. Glass’ character? How does the detail provide insight into her character? Question #2: How would the meaning of the fourth sentence (“With its many…”) be different without the detail that follows the semicolon? Application: Sketch a picture of Mrs. Glass. Include details from the passage! http://www.google.com/imgres?q=mom+in+bathrobe&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=1366&bih=635&tbm=isch&tbnid=H1YqOxrmyf3ndM:&imgrefurl=http://janeheller.com/confessionsblog/tag/she-fan/&docid=BKVBw3j3EdYtRM&imgurl=http://janeheller.com/confessionsblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Mom.jpg&w=394&h=340&ei=HH6VT67rDfDYiQKAveH2Dw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=550&sig=106547942023718294460&page=1&tbnh=127&tbnw=135&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0,i:96&tx=73&ty=31