Traitor (metaphor)
The main character is called a traitor by the author, and this betrayal is presented by his act of marrying, as by doing so “he had gone headlong over all the social hedges”. Potter seems to be prejudiced by the idea that he has duty to his friends, and even thinks that he has “committed an extraordinary crime”. Because of this he is metaphorically called traitor, but it is only in his head.
Disturbed (Simile)
Jack Potter began feeling very anxious when Yellow Sky was closer and closer, and it is said he “was beginning to find the shadow of a deed weigh upon him like a leaden slab”. The reason for this disturbance was the uncertainty of how his friends, and the town in a whole would meet his new wife, as nobody knew he would bring a wife with him.
Careful (Simile)
Scratchy Wilson is again out in the town, shooting right and left, so everyone has shut their houses, and the saloon is also shut. The visitors stay inside the saloon and hear the wild man being wild. But they do not what do sit still, and “one man made three gestures at the barkeeper, and the latter, moving like a ghost, handed him a glass and a bottle.” Moving like a ghost means that the barkeeper is very careful, and tries to make no noise.
Impressed (simile)
The bride was very frightened when she saw a man with a gun threatening her husband: “her face had gone as yellow as old cloth”, “she was a slave to hideous rites gazing at the apparitional snake”.
