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  How does the narrator convey the fact that the woman looking at her reflection in the lake is deeply distressed?

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                  This is conveyed by the woman turning to candles and the moon for her reflection. She is searching for her lost youth and beauty in the depths of the lake. When she fails, she turns to the candles or the Moon, who are liars as they don't tell her about the reality that she has grown aged.