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1、WhatanOldWomanWillWearbyLydiaDavisShelookedforwardtobeinganoldwomanandwearingstrangeclothes.Shewouldwearashapelessdarkbrownorblackdressofthinmaterial,perhapswithlittleflowersonit,certainlyfrayedattheneckandhemandunderthearms,andhanginglopsidedfromherbonysho
2、uldersdownpastherbonyhipsandknees.Shewouldwearastrawhatwithherbrowndressinthesummer,andtheninthecoldweatheraturbanorahelmetandawarmcoatofsomethingblackandcurlylikelamb’swool.Lessinterestingwouldbeherblackshoeswiththeirsquareheelsandherthickstockingsgathered
3、aroundherankles.Butbeforeshewasthatold,shewouldstillbeagooddealolderthanshewasnow,andshealsolookedforwardtobeingthatage,whatwouldbecalledpasttheprimeofherlifeandslowingdown.Ifshehadahusband,shewouldsitoutonthelawnwithherhusband.Shehopedshewouldhaveahusbandb
4、ythen.Orstillhaveone.Shehadoncehadahusband,andshewasn’tsurprisedthatshehadoncehadone,didn’thaveonenow,andhopedtohaveonelaterinherlife.Everythingseemedtohappenintherightorder,generally.Shehadalsohadachild;thechildwasgrowing,andinafewmoreyearsthechildwouldbeg
5、rownandshewouldwanttoslowdownandhavesomeonetotalkto.ShetoldherfriendMitchell,astheyweresittingtogetheronaparkbench,thatshewaslookingforwardtoherlatemiddleage.Thatwaswhatshecouldcallit,sinceshewasnowpastwhatanotherfriendhadcalledherlateyouthandwellintoherear
6、lymiddleage.Itwillbesomuchcalmer,shesaidtoMitchell,becauseoftheabsenceofsexualdesire.Absence?hesaid,andheseemedangry,althoughhewasnoolderthanshe.Thelesseningofsexualdesire,then,shesaid.Helookeddubious,asfarasshecouldtell,thoughhewasoutofsortsthatafternoonan
7、dhadonlylookedeitherdubiousorangryateverythingshehadsaidsofar.Thenheanswered,asthoughitwasonethinghewassureof,whileshewascertainlynotsureofit,thattherewouldbemorewisdomatthatage.Butthinkofthepain,hewenton,oratbesttheproblemswithone’shealth,andhepointedtoaco
8、upleinlatemiddleagewhowereenteringtheparktogether,arminarm.Shehadalreadybeenwatchingthem.Rightnowtheyareprobablyinpain,hesaid.Itwastruethatalthoughtheywereupright,theyheldontoeachothertoofirmlyandthefo
