The Muse's Tragedy

“The Muse's Tragedy” http://web.archive.org/web/20080718102736/http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/WhaMuse.html 
1. Intense devotion to one’s art may lead to a life of isolation and loneliness. In what ways might Wharton be dramatizing such fears through her characterization of Mrs. Anerton?
2. Find and explicate the passages in the story that best illustrate the “intellectual connection” Mrs. Anerton and Rendle share.