The Awakening and Selected Short Stories
上QQ阅读APP看本书,新人免费读10天
设备和账号都新为新人

第47章

Edna cried a little that night after Arobin left her.It was only one phase of the multitudinous emotions which had assailed her.There was with her an overwhelming feeling of irresponsibility.There was the shock of the unexpected and the unaccustomed.There was her husband's reproach looking at her from the external things around her which he had provided for her external existence.There was Robert's reproach making itself felt by a quicker, fiercer, more overpowering love, which had awakened within her toward him.Above all, there was understanding.She felt as if a mist had been lifted from her eyes, enabling her to took upon and comprehend the significance of life, that monster made up of beauty and brutality.But among the conflicting sensations which assailed her, there was neither shame nor remorse.There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life to her lips.