"The Storm" guestion 9

I do not think the storm excuses the characters for their act of adultery. Maybe it's like a dream or fantasy Calixta was thinking of. The winds start to pick up, it's starts to down pour and a stranger on a horse appears out of no where. So in her dream or fantasy, these things are happening with this stranger and she is just acting them out. So when the storm ends, it's like her dream ended and all is well. Bobinot and Bibi feel bad about their appearance and even bring home shrimp to make Calixta happy, which she is already happy and now has something to show for it. Her husband and son come home and everyone is happy. She doesn't tell them what happened because it wasn't real to her. So life just goes on as if nothing happened. As if the storm took the dream or fantasy with it. As for Alcee (the stranger in her dream) he does go on, but still remembers what happens. He writes to his wife, as if nothing is different and even tells her to stay longer.(Chopin 259)