小说园

第25章 the try f an hur（第1页）

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TheyknewthatLouiseMallardhadaweakheart。Sotheybrokethebadnewssoftly。Herhusband，Brently，wasdead。

"Therewasatrainaccident，Louise，

"saidhersisterJosehine。Richardsbroughtthenews，butJosehinetoldthestory。Shesokeinbrokensentences。

"Richards。。。wasatthenewsaeroffice。Newsoftheaccidentcame。Louise。。。Louise，Brently&aos;snamewasonthelist。Brentlywaskilled，Louise。

"

Louisedidnothearthestorycoldly，assomewomenwould。Shecouldnotclosehermindorherhearttothenews。Likeasuddenstorm，hertearsbrokeout。Shecriedloudlyinhersister&aos;sarms。Then，justassuddenly，thetearsstoed。Shewenttoherroomalone。Shewantednoonewithher。Infrontofthewindowstoodanemtychair。Shesatdownandlookedoutthewindow。Shewastiredafterhertears。Herbodyfeltcold，hermindandheartwereemty。

Outsideherwindowshecouldseethetrees。Theairsmelledlikesringrain。Shecouldhearsomeonesingingfaraway。Birdssangnearthehouse。Blueskyshowedbetweentheclouds。Sherested。

Shesatquietly，butafewweaktearsstillfell。Shehadayoung，strongface。Butnowhereyesshowednothing。Shelookedoutthewindowatthebluesky。Shewasnotthinking，orseeing。Shewaswaiting。

Therewassomethingcomingtoher。Shewaswaitingforitwithfear。Whatwasit?Shedidnotknow;shecouldnotgiveitaname。Butshefeltitcomingoutfromthesky。Itreachedherthroughthesound，thesmell，thecoloroftheair。

Slowlyshebecameexcited。Herbreathcamefast，herheartbeatfaster。Shebegantoseethisthing。

Itwantedtofindherandtakeher。Shetriedtofightagainstit。Butshecouldnot。Hermindwasasweakashertwosmallwhitehands。Thenshestoedfightingagainstit。Alittlewordbrokefromherlis。

"Free，

"shesaid，

"Free，free，free!

"Theemtinessandfearlefther。Hereyesshowedherexcitement。Herheartbeatfast，andthebloodwarmedherbody。Asuddenfeelingofjoyexcitedher。

Shedidnotstotoaskifherjoywaswrong。Shesawherfreedomclearly。Shecouldnotstotothinkofsmallerthings。

Sheknewthetearswouldcomeagainwhenshesawherhusband&aos;sbody。Thekindhands，nowdeadandstill。Thelovingface，nowstillandgray。Butshelookedintothefuture。Shesawmanylongyearstocomethatwouldbelongtoheralone。Andnowsheoenedherarmstothoseyearsinwelcome。

Therewouldbenooneelsetoliveforduringhoseyears。Shewouldliveforherselfalone。Therewouldbenostrongmindabovehers。Menandwomenalwaysbelievetheycantellotherswhattodoandhowtothink。SuddenlyLouiseunderstoodhatthiswaswrong。Shecouldbreakawayandbefreeofit。

Andyet，shelovedhim-sometimes。Oftenshedidnot。Whatdidlovemeannow?Nowsheunderstoodthatfreedomisstrongerthanlove。

"Free!Bodyandmindfree!

"shesaidagain。

HersisterJosehinewaswaitingoutsidethedoor。

"Pleaseoenthedoor，

"Josehinecried，

"Youwillmakeyourselfsick。Whatareyoudoingthere，Louise?Please，lease，letmein!

"

"Goaway。Iamnotsick。

"No，shewasdrinkinginlifethroughthatoenwindow。

Shethoughtjoyfullyofallthosedaysbeforeher。Sringdays，summerdays。Allkindsofdaysthatwouldbeherown。Shebegantohoelifewouldbelong。Andjustyesterday，lifeseemedsolong!Afterawhileshegotuandoenedthedoor。

Hereyeswerebright，hercheekswerered。Shedidn&aos;tknowhowstrongandwellshelooked-sofullofjoy。Theywentdownstairs，whereRichardswaswaiting。

Amanwasoeningthedoor。ItwasBrenfiy。Hewasdirty，andtired。Hecarriedasuitcaseandanumbrella。Hewasnotkilledinthetrainaccident。Hedidn&aos;tevenknowtherewasanaccident。HewassurrisedatJosehine&aos;ssuddencry。Hedidn&aos;tunderstandwhyRichardsmovedsuddenlybetweenthem，tohideLouisefromherhusband。

ButRichardwastoolate。

Whenthedoctorscame，theysaiditwasherweakbadheart。Theysaidshediedofjoy-ofjoythatkills。