Ada tells Inman she isn't smiling in her photograph because she can't hold a smile. In that century smiles in paintings or photos, barring context, were thought marks of rough origins or character (drunkards, the lewd, etc.), which much explains their rarity. Inman almost certainly would have thought Ada's picture perfectly normal and Ada almost certainly would have felt no need to explain it. That being said, by the Civil War photography had advanced to where a smile had to be held only a few seconds, if one could.
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