1 2 10 35567090 Read this characterization of Della from "The Gift of the Magi." Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. TIME REMA 56:3 The phrase "she turned white for just a moment" is mainly used to show that Della O has very fair skin. O is afraid of Jim's reaction. O is beginning to get an illness. O had become extremely angry.