Analysis of Verbal Tenses of Eveline

In the first sequence the writer uses mainly past simple in order to present Eveline's behaviour. She is doing a voluntary action (there is the verb "to watch"). The verb "to invade" referred to the night underlines something that scares.
In the second sequence (line 4) the narrator uses mainly simple past (passed, heard, bought...) but also the construction of "used to be" in order to express habit in the past. The verb "to seem" underlines Eveline is not sure her childood was happy and this underlines she can not decide anything. In the sentence "Everything changes" Eveline does not involve herself: she can not decide even if herself has changed.
In the third sequence the writer uses simple past in order to express Eveline's present condition (looked around, showed) but also past perfect: it underlines the actions Eveline has done until this moment but she will not do in the future because she is going to leaving. The narrator uses past conditional ("she would never see") and "perhaps" in order to make the reader understand she has not definitively decided if leaving or not.
In the short direct speech in the sequence simple present is used.
In the first part of the fourth sequence there is a past perfect: it underlines she has told Frank she would have left with him, but she is not sure to do it. Then the narrator uses mainly simple past in order to present Eveline's thoughts and her present conditions.
In the second part of the sequence there is mainly past conditional: it expresses hypothesis in the future. When the narrator introduces Eveline's thoughts about Mrs Gavan, he uses past conditional in order to express a probability about her reaction to her leaving, but also a past perfect with the adverb "always", which express an action that goes on in the present. In the last sentence of the sequence there is a past conditional in order to express a future action.
In the short speech there is simple present that underlines that Mrs Gavan always reproaches her.
The fifth sequence begins with many conditional sentences: the narrator uses past conditional in order to express hopes for a good future condition. When Eveline remembers of her mother the narrator uses past perfect because it is something that happened very far in the time. When she thinks about her growth, the narrator uses past continuous in order to underline an event that goes on. The narrator uses past perfect also to present her situation when her mother died and he uses the form "used to..." to underline an habit in the past. In line 54 Eveline comes back to the present ("now"): the narrator uses again simple past.
At the very beginning of the sixth sequence (line 73) the narrator uses "she was about to explore": it refers to something will happen in the future, but it is not sure. This underlines again Eveline's indecision.
Presenting Frank qualities the narrator uses simple past because they regard the way of being of a person. When Eveline remembers her first meeting with Frank and all they did when they were knowing, the narrator uses past perfect (because it is a past action, happened before) but also the construction "used to..." in order to express habit in their actions in the past ("He used to call her"...).
There is also a short direct speech sentence: there is simple present because Eveline's father knows something.
In the first part of the seventh sequence the narrator uses mainly simple past because he refers to that moment. When Eveline thinks of her eldest brother Ernest, the narrator uses past perfect because he is dead so her preference for him ended when he died. He uses past progressive in order to underline the father is becoming old. The past conditional in the following sentence shows something will happen in the future. Then she thinks her father is very nice sometimes: this underlines again she is not able to decide, because before she thought he was a violent man and she was scared by him. The narrator uses past perfect in the whole second part of the sequence, when Eveline remembers her childood and the good actions of her father in a very far time.
In the first sentence of the eighth sequence (line 109) there is a past continuous that expresses it goes on even if Eveline is still there: the verb "continued" is a simple past and underlines she has not took a decision. When Eveline remembers her mother's illness, the narrator uses simple past because Eveline came back in her past again, as it is in the present. She remembers also a sentence her mother always reapeated her (lines 123-124): the adverb "constantly" underlines it was an habit during her illness.
In the first sentence (line 125) of the ninth sequence the narrator uses simple past because the action happens in a determined moment. The following sentences are built up with an imperative and a the verb "must": these verbs express the importance and outrightness of the action. Then the narrator uses past conditional in order to express actions in the future (line 126), but also something not really sure because the narrator uses the adverb "perhaps". The verb "wanted" is a simple past and it underlines a strong desire, probably the only thing she is sure to obtain.
In the last sequence the narrator uses mainly past simple in order to present what Eveline sees around her, her feeling and thoughts in that moment and the actions she and Frank do. She also prays God: she asks him to direct her and this underlines her indecision also when she is leaving and also that she does not want to have any responsability of her actions. Then the narrator uses past perfect (line 140) in order to underline their passage had been booked and that everything was ready, but she still wonders if it is possible to renounce to it. The verb "could" (line 140) is a simple past and it refers to her ability to decide to rest there. The short direct sentences (line 144 and 148) has a got an imperative verb: it underlines something that must be done.