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a tennies
by kate chopin
here is barbara klein with the story
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attendaes went away one morning to visit
her parents 10 miles back on the bondier
river in louisiana
she did not return in the evening and
cazo her husband was worried
cazo expressed his worries to his
servant felicitae who served him dinner
he ate alone by the light of a coal oil
lamp
felicitae stood nearby like a restless
shadow
only married two months and she has her
head turned all ready to leave
it is not right she said
cazzo shrugged his shoulders
felicitae's opinion of his wife's
behavior after two months of marriage
did not matter to him
he was used to being alone and did not
mind a night or two of it
cazzo stood up and walked outside
the knight was beginning to deepen and
gather black around the groups of trees
in the yard
far away he could hear the sound of
someone playing an accordion
nearby a baby was crying
cazzo's horse was waiting saddled
he still had much farm work to do before
bedtime
he did not have time to think about
attenaines
but he felt her absence like a deep pain
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before he slept that night cazzo was
visited by an image of atenais's pale
young face
with its soft lips and sensual eyes
the marriage had been a mistake
he had only to look into her eyes to
feel that
to sense her growing dislike of him
but the marriage could not be undone
and he was ready to make the best of it
and expected the same effort from her
these sad thoughts kept kazzo awake far
into the night the moon was shining and
its pale light reached into the room
it was still outside with no sound
except the distant notes of the
accordion
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attenaise did not return the next day
although her husband sent a message to
do so through her brother
monteclaire
on the third day kazoo prepared his
horse and went himself in search of her
attenaise's parents the miches lived in
a large home owned by a trader who lived
in town
the house was far too big for their use
upstairs the rooms were so large and
empty that they were used for parties
a dance at the miche home and a plate of
madame miche's gumbo were pleasures not
to be missed
madame miche was sitting on the porch
outside the house
she stood up to greet cazzo
she was short and fat with a cheery face
but she was clearly tense as cazzo
arrived
monteclam was there too
but he was not uneasy
he made no effort to hide his dislike of
kazzo
dirty pig he said under his breath as
kezzo climbed the stairs to the porch
monteclant disliked kazzo for refusing
to lend him money long ago
now that this man was his sister's
husband he disliked him even more
miche and his oldest son were away
they both respected kazoo and talked
highly of him
kazoo shook hands with madame miche who
offered him a chair
atenaise had shut herself in her room
you know
nothing would do last night madame miche
said
attenaise just had to stay for a little
dance
the boys would not let their sister
leave
cazzo shrugged his shoulders
to show he knew nothing about last night
didn't montecline tell you we were going
to keep attendaes she asked
but montecline had told him nothing
and how bout the night before
asked kazzo and last night do you have
dances every night
madame michael laughed and told her son
to go tell a tennies her husband had
arrived
montecla did not move
you know as well as i do that it is no
use to tell a tennies anything
said montecline
you and paw have been talking to her
since monday when atena e said she was
not returning to kazzo she meant it
two fiery red spots rose to kazzo's
cheeks
what monteclas said was true
upon arriving home attenaise had
announced she was there to stay
it was difficult for her to understand
why she had married
girls were just expected to get married
and she did like cazzo
monteclaire had asked attenaise to
explain herself he had asked her if
kazzo abused her or if he drank too much
no
attenaise had said it is just being
married that i hate
i do not like being mrs cazzo
i want to be a tennis mache again
i do not like living with a man all his
clothing everywhere
and his ugly bare feet
at the time
had been sorry his sister had no serious
evidence to use against kazzo
and now there was cazo himself looking
like he wanted to hit monte claire
cazo stood up and went inside the house
to his wife's room
attendaies
get ready he said quietly
it is late and we do not have time to
lose
attenaies was not prepared for his calm
request
she felt a sense of hopelessness about
continuing to rebel against the idea of
marriage
she gathered her hat and gloves
then she walked downstairs past her
brother and mother
got on her horse and rode away
cazzo
followed behind her
it was late when they reached home
kazeau once more ate dinner alone
attenaise sat in her room crying
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attenaises parents had hoped that
marriage would bring a sense of
responsibility so deeply lacking in her
character
no one could understand why she so hated
her role as wife
kazzo had never spoken angrily to her or
called her names or failed to give her
everything she wanted
his main offense seemed to be that he
loved her
and attendaes was not a woman to be
loved against her will
at breakfast attenais complained to her
husband
why did you have to marry me when there
was so many other girls
to choose from
she asked
and it is strange that if you hate my
brother so much
why would you marry his sister
i do not know what any of them have to
do with it kazzo said
i married you
because i loved you
i guess i was fooled to think i could
make you happy
i do not know what else to do but make
the best of a bad deal and shake hands
over it
it now seemed to attend ease that her
brother was the only friend left to her
in the world
her parents had turned from her and her
friends laughed at her
but montecla had an idea for securing
his sister's freedom after some thought
attendaes agreed to his plan
the next morning cazzo woke up to find
his wife was gone
she had packed her belongings and left
in the night
cazzo felt a terrible sense of loss
it was not new he had felt it for weeks
he realized he had missed his chance for
happiness
he could not think of loving any other
woman
and could not imagine a tennies ever
caring for him
he wrote her a letter stating that he
did not want her back unless she
returned of her own free will
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a tennies had escaped to the big city of
new orleans
she was staying at a private hotel that
montecla had chosen and paid to rent for
a month
a woman named sylvie owned the hotel
and took good care of a tennies
attenaise soon became friends with mr
gouverney who was also staying at the
hotel
this friendship helped her feel less
lonely about missing her family
but mr gouverney soon started to fall in
love with atenaes
he knew she was uninformed unsatisfied
and strong-willed
but he also suspected that she loved her
husband although she did not know it
bitter as this belief was
he accepted it
attenaises last week in the city was
coming to an end
she had not found a job and was too
homesick to stay any longer
also
she had not been feeling well
she complained in detail about her
sickness to sylvie
sylvie was very wise and attenaise was
very stupid
sylvie very calmly explained to atenaes
that she was feeling sick
because she was pregnant
attendaes sat very still for a long time
thinking about this new information
her whole being was
overcome with a wave of happiness
then she stood up ready to take action
she had to tell her mother
and kazoo
as she thought of him a whole new sense
of life swept over her
she could not wait to return to him
the next day
a tennies spent traveling home
when she arrived at cazzo's he lifted
her out of the horse carriage and they
held each other tight
the country night was warm and still
except for a baby crying
in the distance
listen cazzo
said our tennies how juliet's baby is
crying poor darling i wonder what is the
matter with it
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kate Chopin 的 a tennies
这里是 barbara klein 的故事
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参加者一天早上去路易斯安那
州邦迪尔河上 10 英里去探望她的父母
，
她晚上没有回来和
她的丈夫 担心
cazo 向他的仆人 felicitae 表达了他的担忧 felicitae 为
他提供晚餐
他在煤油灯的灯光下独自吃饭
felicitae 像一个不安的影子一样站在附近
结婚两个月她就已经
转过头准备
离开 不对 她说
cazzo 耸了耸肩
felicitae 对结婚两个月后妻子的行为的看法对他来说
并不重要
他习惯了独处，不
介意一两个晚上
cazzo 站起来走到
外面 骑士开始加深
聚集在远处院子里成群的树周围
他能听到附近
有人拉手风琴
的声音婴儿在哭
cazzo的马正在等待
他有鞍他还在 睡前要做很多农活
他没有时间去想
阿特奈斯，
但他觉得她的缺席就像在他睡觉前深深的痛苦
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那天晚上，卡佐
被阿特奈斯苍白
年轻的脸庞
和柔软的嘴唇和柔软的嘴唇和 肉欲的
眼睛 婚姻是一个错误，
他只需要看着她的眼睛
，
就能感觉到她越来越不喜欢
他了
这些悲伤的想法让卡佐一直醒着，
直到月亮照耀的深夜，
它苍白的光芒照进房间，
它仍然在外面，
除了
手风琴
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attenaise 的遥远音符，第二天没有回来，
尽管她的丈夫派来了 第三天，
通过她的兄弟
蒙特克莱尔的消息，
卡祖准备了他的
马，亲自去寻找
她的父母
。
房子太大了，不适合他们在
楼上使用 房间又大又
空，可以用来开
派对 在 miche 家跳舞和一盘
miche 夫人的秋葵汤
是不容错过的乐趣
miche 夫人坐在外面的门廊上
她站起来迎接卡佐的房子
她又矮又胖，一脸欢快
，但当卡佐到达时，她显然很紧张 蒙特
克拉姆也在那儿，
但他并不感到不安
他毫不掩饰他对
卡佐
脏猪的厌恶 他在他的下面说 呼吸
kezzo 爬楼梯到门廊
monteclant 很早就不喜欢 kazzo
拒绝借钱给他
现在这个男人是他姐姐的
丈夫 他更不喜欢他
miche 和他的大儿子不在
他们都尊重 kazoo 并
高度评价他
kazoo 和 miche 夫人握手，他
给了他一把椅子
attenaise 把自己关在房间里，
你知道
昨晚什么都做不了 miche 夫人
说
attenaise 只需要留下来跳个小
舞会
男孩们不会让他们的妹妹
离开
cazzo 耸了耸肩
，表示他对昨晚
一无所知 montecline 没有告诉你我们会
继续参加她问
但 montecline 什么也没告诉他
，前一天晚上
问 kazzo 和最后一次怎么样 晚上你有
舞会吗 每晚
迈克尔夫人笑着告诉她的儿子
去告诉网球 她丈夫已经
到了
蒙特克拉没有动
你和我一样知道
告诉网球没有任何用 蒙特克林
你和爪子有 从星期一开始就一直在和她说话，
当时 atena e 说她
不会回到 kazzo，她的意思是
kazzo 的
脸颊上出现
了两个火红的斑点 monteclas 说的是真的
回到家后 attenaise
宣布她要留下
来 她很难理解
为什么她嫁给了
女孩，只是希望她结婚，
而她确实喜欢 cazzo
monteclare 曾要求 attenaise
解释自己 他曾问她
kazzo 是否虐待她或他是否 nk 太多了
没有
attenaise 说过这只是
结婚 我讨厌
我不喜欢成为卡佐夫人
我想再次成为网球迷
很抱歉他姐姐没有
证据可以用来对付 kazzo
，现在 cazo 自己看起来
像是想打 monte claire
cazo 站起来走进屋子
去他妻子的房间
服务员
准备好了 他悄悄地
说已经很晚了，我们 没有时间
浪费精力 没有准备好接受他平静的
要求
她对
继续反抗婚姻的想法感到
绝望 她拿起帽子和手套
然后从她的兄弟和母亲身边走过下楼
骑上她的马 离开
cazzo
跟在她身后
当他们回到家时已经很晚了
kazeau 再次独自吃晚饭
attenaise 坐在她的房间里哭泣
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attenaises 父母希望
婚姻能带来一分钱
她的性格如此缺乏责任感
没有人能理解为什么她如此讨厌
她作为妻子的角色
卡佐从来没有对她生气或
叫过她的名字或没有给她
她想要的一切
他的主要冒犯似乎是他
爱她
attenais 不是一个
在早餐时不情愿地被爱的女人 attenais 向她的丈夫抱怨
为什么你要嫁给我，当
有这么多其他女孩
可供选择时，
她问
，如果你这么恨我的兄弟，这很奇怪
你为什么要嫁给他的妹妹
我不知道他们中的任何一个人
与它有什么关系卡佐说
我嫁给你
是因为我爱你
我猜我以为我可以
让你快乐
我不知道还能做什么除了让
最好的交易，握手
，现在似乎很轻松，她的
兄弟是世界上唯一留给她的朋友，她
的
父母抛弃了她，她的
朋友们嘲笑她，
但蒙特克拉有一个主意
在一些自以为是的人同意了他的计划后，他的妹妹得到了自由
第二天早上，卡佐醒来发现
他的妻子不见了，
她收拾好自己
的东西，晚上
就离开了 卡佐感到一种可怕的失落感，
他有这种感觉并不新鲜 几个星期后，
他意识到自己错过了获得幸福的机会，
他想不出爱任何其他
女人
，也无法想象有谁会
关心他
他给她写了一封信，说他
不希望她回来，除非
她自愿回来
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] atennies 逃到了新奥尔良的大城市
她住在
montecla 选择并支付租金
一个月
的私人旅馆 一个名叫 sylvie 的女人拥有这家酒店
并照顾好 atennies
attenaise 很快就成为了朋友 与
同样住在酒店的 gouverney 先生，
这种友谊帮助她减少了
对思念家人的孤独感，
但 gouverney 先生很快就开始
爱上 atenaes，
他知道她不知情。 心满意足
，意志坚强，
但他也怀疑她爱她的
丈夫，尽管她并不知道这很
痛苦，因为这种信念是
他接受的。
上周在城市
即将结束，
她没有找到工作，太
想家了 再呆下去
她一直感觉不舒服
她详细地向 sylvie 抱怨她的
病 sylvie
很聪明，但 attenaise
很愚蠢
sylvie 很平静地向 atenaes
解释她感到不舒服，
因为她怀孕
了 是时候
考虑这个新信息
了，她整个人都被
一阵幸福所征服，
然后她站起来准备采取行动
，
当她想起他时，她不得不告诉她的母亲和卡祖，一种全新
的生活感席卷了她
她迫不及待 第二天回到他
身边，花了十美元回家，
当她到达卡佐家时，他把
她从马车里抱了出来，他们
紧紧地抱在一起。
温暖而安静
，除了远处一个婴儿在哭泣
听
cazzo说我们的网球朱丽叶的婴儿如何
哭泣可怜的宝贝我想知道它是
怎么回事
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