The Moon And Sixpence 36.2

"You'vebeen very kind to me, " he said at last. "Everyone's been very kind.""Nonsense," I said, a little embarrassed."At thehospital they told me I might wait. They gave me a chair, and I sat outside thedoor. When she became unconscious they said I might go in. Her mouth and chinwere all burnt by the acid. It was awful to see her lovely skin all wounded.She died very peacefully, so that I didn't know she was dead till the sistertold me. "He was tootired to weep. He lay on his back limply, as though all the strength had goneout of his limbs, and presently I saw that he had fallen asleep. It was thefirst natural sleep he had had for a week. Nature, sometimes so cruel, issometimes merciful. I covered him and turned down the light. In the morningwhen I awoke he was still asleep. He had not moved. His gold-rimmed spectacleswere still on his nose.“你对我太好了，”最后他说，“没有一个人不对我好的。”“别胡说了，”我有些尴尬地说。“刚才在医院里他们对我说我可以等着。他们给我搬来一把椅子，我就在病房外边坐着。等到她已经不省人事的时候他们叫我进去了。她的嘴和下巴都被酸液烧伤了。看到她那可爱的皮肤满是伤痕真叫人心痛极了。她死得非常平静，还是护士告诉了我我才知道她已经死了。”他累得连哭的力气都没有了。他浑身瘫软地仰面躺着，好象四肢的力量都已枯竭，没过一会儿便昏昏沉沉地睡着了。这是一个星期以来他第一次不靠吃安眠药自己进入了梦乡。自然对人有时候很残忍，有时候又很仁慈。我给他盖上被，把灯熄掉。第二天早晨我醒来的时候他仍然没有睡醒。他一夜连身都没翻，金边眼镜一直架在鼻梁上。