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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:

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