MRS HALE: (looking about) It never seemed a very cheerful place. COUNTY ATTORNEY: No — it's not cheerful. I shouldn't say she had the homemaking instinct. MRS HALE: Well, I don't know as Wright had, either. COUNTY ATTORNEY: You mean that they didn't get on very well? MRS HALE: No, I don't mean anything. But I don’t think a place'd be any cheerfuller for John Wright's being in it. —Trifles, Susan Glaspell What does the county attorney think of Mrs. Wright?

He thinks that she was a poor housekeeper

Explanation:

He thinks that she did not like Mr. Wright

He thinks that she was a poor housekeeper

He thinks that she worked too hard

He thinks that she was a poor housekeeper because he visited Mrs. Wright's house and was in a precarous condition.

There were two women in this visit, and they were talking about the house's condition, the county attorney tried to stop those comments.

The county attorney started to think about that bad condition, Dirty towels! [Kicks his foot against the pans under the sink.] Not much of a housekeeper.

at the beginning of the story, elisa just has the small idea of wanting more attention, but as the story progressed, her desire for more attention grew larger. before she talked to the man with the wagon she was just focused on her chrysanthemums but when she talked to him and got some attention she enjoyed it, so she decided to get all dolled up for henry. but when they were on the way to dinner she was so upset because she saw the flowers on the side of the road and realized the man didn't take interest in her like she thought.