Луна и грош

Chapter XXXIX

           Thebedroomlookedasthoughshehadjustleftit:thebrusheswereneatlyplacedonthetoilet-table,oneoneachsideofthecomb;someonehadsmootheddownthebedonwhichshehadspentherlastnightinthestudio;andhernightdressinalittlecaselayonthepillow.Itwasimpossibletobelievethatshewouldnevercomeintothatroomagain.

           Buthefeltthirsty,andwentintothekitchentogethimselfsomewater.Here,too,wasorder.OnarackweretheplatesthatshehadusedfordinneronthenightofherquarrelwithStrickland,andtheyhadbeencarefullywashed.Theknivesandforkswereputawayinadrawer.Underacoverweretheremainsofapieceofcheese,andinatinboxwasacrustofbread.Shehaddonehermarketingfromdaytoday,buyingonlywhatwasstrictlyneedful,sothatnothingwasleftoverfromonedaytothenext.StroeveknewfromtheenquiriesmadebythepolicethatStricklandhadwalkedoutofthehouseimmediatelyafterdinner,andthefactthatBlanchehadwashedupthethingsasusualgavehimalittlethrillofhorror.Hermethodicalnessmadehersuicidemoredeliberate.Herself-possessionwasfrightening.Asuddenpangseizedhim,andhiskneesfeltsoweakthathealmostfell.Hewentbackintothebedroomandthrewhimselfonthebed.Hecriedouthername.

           "Blanche.Blanche."

           Thethoughtofhersufferingwasintolerable.

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