• Simple past: used by the narrator to tell Eveline's thoughts (it is the story time).
Es "she sat at the window".

• Past perfect: used by the narrator to express actions happened in a previous time in comparison to time story
Es " the Waters had gone back to England"

 • Used to: used by the narrator to express usual action in the past
Es "her father used often the hunt them in out"

• Past progressive: used by the narrator to express an action in progress in the past
Es "the time was running out but she continued to sit by the window"

• Simple present: used by the narrator to express permanent truth or usual situation/action
Es "everything changes"

• Present conditional: used by the narrator to express Eveline's hypothesis about her future

Es "Franck would save her"