This story's point of view is third person omniscient, the narrator moves the audience between multiple character's personalities. In "The Other Wife" we are moved between two character's thoughts. Marc, a recently divorced/ recently re-married man and his new wife Alice a submissive and controlled wife. This point of view gives me the impression that Marc is a bad husband, by referring to Alice as "darling" commenting about her recent weight gain, and ordering for her at the restaurant.
The setting technique Media Res is used to set the reader down in the middle of things. Following Marc and Alice to a restaurant where Marc's ex-wife happens to be. His new wife has never seen her so Media Res places the audience into that same instance of not knowing her.
The controlling idea is that Marc has a past, which is an ex-wife that his new wife gets to see while dining. This meeting sends thoughts through Alice about Marc's ability to keep a marriage together. Eventually Alice is envious of the ex. Perhaps because the ex is free from Marc and his snooty arrogant nature.
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