Which detail from this excerpt best shows the conflicting perspectives between Henry and his mother?
She had affected to look with some contempt upon the quality of his war ardor and patriotism.
She had had certain ways of expression that told him that her statements on the subject came from a deep conviction.
The newspapers, the gossip of the village, his own picturings, had
him to an uncheckable degree.
They were in truth fighting finely down there. Almost every day the newspaper printed accounts of a decisive victory.
