He actually put it in the back of his mind and tried never to think about it again until he's walking in the market and smells the same thing he smelled that day they played in the graves “It smelled pleasantly sweet and corrupt.” An Indian vendor had also shoved a tray of baby animal sweets in her face, which had horrified her. This horrified her because it reminded her of the day when she was no longer a carefree and innocent child, but had taken her first steps towards becoming a woman. This could have also upset her because she is now twenty-nine in the story and there is no mention of her having children of her own. In the early 1900s, women had children in their late teens, early twenties. Since she's in her late thirties, it's safe to say that she probably won't be able to or won't have children. Being a woman, especially in this period, it was important for a young woman to get married and have children, it was part of her feminine duties. For a woman who did not perform these tasks she was considered an old maid and perhaps a failure as a woman. At the end of his memories he sees his brother at the age of twelve turning the silver dove in his hand again with a “satisfied and sober smile in his eyes”. Since the dove always symbolizes peace, this is implied that she can finally be at peace with the memory of the day her childhood innocence was taken from her.