d) Miss Brill is a regular visitor on Sundays to the Jardins Publiques (the Public Gardens) of a small French suburb.
a) She listens to the band playing, and enjoys contemplating the world as a great stage upon which actors perform.
e) One Sunday Miss Brill puts on her fur and goes to the Public Gardens as usual.
b) That evening ends with her sudden realization that she is old and lonely, a realization brought to her by a conversation she overhears a comment on her unwelcome presence in their vicinity.
c) Miss Brill is sad and depressed as she returns home.