When Linda meets Paul and Patra for the first time after watching them through her window, she has a brief conversation with them before Patra invites her to walk home with them. Linda thinks: "It pleased me for reasons I could not explain to be part of the latter allegiance. I nodded, surprising myself." Does her interest in Patra differ from her interest in Lily, and if so, in what way? Does Linda seem interested romantically in either of these characters?