The fur and the old,odd people

I found Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield somewhat confusing.  At first I had no understanding of the story at all.  However, I think I am starting to understand the story after reading the questions at the end and taking notice of a few symbols.  The first thing I noticed is that the last paragraph of the story refers to another part of the story in paragraph five.  In paragraph 5, the speaker says: "They were odd, silent, nearly all old, and from the way they stared they look like as though they'd just come from a line of sea, and beyond the blue sky with gold-veined clouds (par. 5)."  And in the last paragraph, it says she "went into the little dark room- her room like a cupboard-...(par. 18)"  Although Miss Brill doesn't admit it, she sees herself in the other people.  She sits quietly alone watching other people.  She is old, and her behavior could definitely be classified as odd (although who doesn't like to go people watching every once in a while?).  Second, I think Miss Brill's fur is also a symbol of herself.  At the beginning of the story she shakes the dust off of it and "rubbed the life back into the dim eyes (par. 1)."  Then, at the end, she quietly places it back in its box and thinks she heard something crying.  The unpacking and return of the fur from its box represent Miss Brill's trips every Sunday.  The walk and sitting in the park (I think that's where she is) give her a chance to escape from the solitude of her cupboard-like room.  Just like the moth powder-covered fur, she is old and past her prime, separated from the people she sees.  When she returns home at the end, the cries are her own, because just like the fur, she is being place back in the loneliness of her room.