The speaker in The Laboratory expresses her husband’s unfaithfulness through marriage by describing how he is cheating on her with another lady. Her lovers rival. We feel quite a bit of sympathy which develops more and more over this section. Her feelings of indignation are clear when she states, “He is with her; and they know that I know” … “While they laugh, laugh at me”. The use of the phrase “they know that I know” instantly gives us the impression of pity and misfortune she has because her partner as parted companies and somewhat moved on from her. This very much influences our feelings of sympathy towards her as she explains that they don’t hide their current affairs. In addition, the repetition of “laugh, laugh” shows the sense of humiliation she suffers from. Almost feeling intimidated as she is seen as a laughing stock