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1、TheStormKateChopinI.Plot:TheleavesweresostillthatevenBibithoughtitwasgoingtorainstrongly.BibiandhisfatherdecidedtoremainatFriedheimer’sstoretillthestormhadpassed.Bibiworriedabouthismother,Calixta.HisfatherpurchasedacanofshrimpswhichBibi’smotherlikes.ThenBibila
2、idhislittlehandonhisfather’skneeandwasnotafraid.Hismother,athome,wasgreatlyoccupiedinsewinganddidnotnoticetheapproachingstormuntilitgrewdark.ShesawAlcéeLaballièreatthegatewhenshehastenedouttogatherclothes.“MayIcomeandwaitonyourgallerytillthestormisover,Calixta
3、?”heasked.Calixtapermitted.Thewaterbeatinupontheboardsindrivingsheets.So,hewentinside,closingthedoorafterhimandputsomethingbeneaththedoortokeepthewaterout.ThenCalixtarolledupapieceofbaggingandAlcéehelpedher.Shewasstillbeautifullikefiveyearsbeforewhenshemarried
4、.Theywereinthediningroom--thesittingroom--thegeneralutilityroom.AlcéeflunghimselfintoarockerandCalixtawasnervous.CalixtahopedherhusbandandhersonremainatFriedheimer’sstoreandavoidthestorm.Shestoodatthewindowwithagreatlydisturbedlookonherface.Alcéegotupandjoined
5、heratthewindow,lookingoverhershoulder.Therainwascomingdownandenvelopingthedistantwoodinagraymist.Alightingstruckatalltreeattheedgeofthefield.Claixtaputherhandstohereyes,andwithacry,staggeredbackward.Alcées’sarmencircledher.Claixtaworriedaboutherson.Alcéecomfor
6、therandclaspedhershouldersandlookedintoherface.Thecontactarousedalltheold-timeinfatuationanddesireforherflesh.Helookeddownintohereyesandgatherherlipsinakiss.ItremindedhimofAssumption.Claixtaalsoremembered.Later,shelayuponthecouch.Thegenerousabundanceofherpassi
7、on,withoutguileortrickery.Hestayedcushioneduponher,breathless,dazed,enervated,withhisheartbeatinglikehammeruponher.Gradually,therainwasover.Alcéerideaway.Herhusbandandsonwastrudginghome.Theystoppedtocleanthedirtontheirclothesandthinkaboutexplanationtohiswife.T
8、heyenteredcautiouslyatthebackdoor.Calixtawaspreparingsupper.Shesprangupastheycamein.ShehadclaspedBibiandkissedhimeffusively.Heseemedtoexpressnothingbutsatisfactionattheirsafereturn
