The Awakening 5-9

I am interested by the confrontation between Robert and Adéle. It confused me in part because I had the understanding that people in creole society would not suspect that Robert would have any sort of intentions, and that a woman would not respond or take any intentions seriously, because the woman in question is married. I would have thought that Adéle would not pick up on this, and it surprised me that she had. Robert's reaction was fitting, as it angers him a little bit. However it almost seems like he was angered for the wrong reasons- instead of being angry at someone suspecting his intentions, he seemed angry at the idea of her taking him seriously, or the idea of her NOT taking him seriously- he seemed angry at the concept of whether it should matter or not. Of course it is possible that he was not angry and was just putting on a front, but the front he would put on doesn't seem like it would be that one. It is also odd that Adéle talks to Robert instead of just telling Edna not to take him seriously. How bizarre.