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第37章 a re fr i eily（第3页）
"，thewhiseringbegan。
"Doyousuoseit&aos;sreallyso?
"theysaidtooneanother。
"ofcourseitis。Whatelsecould。。。
"Thisbehindtheirhands:rustlingofcranedsilkandsatinbehindjalousiescloseduonthesunofSundayafternoonasthethin，swiftclo-clo-cloofthematchedteamassed:
"PoorEmily
"。
Shecarriedherheadhighenough-evenwhenwebelievedthatshewasfallen。ItwasasifshedemandedmorethanevertherecognitionofherdignityasthelastGrierson;asifithadwantedthattouchofearthinesstoreaffirmherimerviousness。Likewhensheboughttheratoison，thearsenic。Thatwasoverayearaftertheyhadbeguntosay
"PoorEmily。
"andwhilethetwofemalecousinswerevisitingher。
"Iwantsomeoison，
"shesaidtothedruggist。Shewasoverthirtythen，stillaslightwoman，thoughthinnerthanusualwithcold，haughtyblackeyesinafacethefleshofwhichwasstrainedacrossthetemlesandabouttheeye-socketsasyouimaginealighthouse-keeer&aos;sfaceoughttolook。
"Iwantsomeoison，
"shesaid。
"Yes，MissEmily。Whatkind?Forratsandsuch?I&aos;drecommend-
"
"Iwantthebestyouhave。Idon&aos;tcarewhatkind。
"
Thedruggistnamedseveral。
"They&aos;llkillanythingutoanelehant。Butwhatyouwantis-
"
"Arsenic，
"MissEmilysaid
"Isthatagoodone?
"
"Is。。。arsenic?Yesma&aos;am。Butwhatyouwant-
"
"Iwantarsenic。
"
Thedruggistlookeddownather。Shelookedbackathim，erect，herfacelikeastrainedflag。
"Why，ofcourse，
"thedruggistsaid。
"Ifthat&aos;swhatyouwant。Butthelawrequiresyoutotellwhatyouaregoingtouseitfor。
"
MissEmilyjuststaredathim，herheadtiltedbackinordertolookhimeyeforeye，untilhelookedawayandwentandgotthearsenicandwraeditu。TheNegrodeliveryboybroughthertheackage;thedruggistdidn&aos;tcomeback。Whensheoenedtheackageathometherewaswrittenonthebox，undertheskullandbones:
