To the Lighthouse

As Lily paints, she thinks of a time on the beach with Charles Tansley many years before. Mrs. Ramsay was sitting near them, writing letters, and watching. How does Lily believe Mrs. Ramsay affected the way she and Charles acted toward each other?

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Lily believes the mere presence of Mrs. Ramsay made all the animosity, annoyances, and bad feelings between her and Charles Tanslay disappear. That day on the beach becomes etched in Lily's memory as a time of friendship with Charles forever.