Chopin, Kate O'Flaherty, 1851-1904 / 2008-07-10 00:00:00
EBOOK THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED ***
Produced by Judith Boss and David Widger
THE AWAKENING
AND SELECTED SHORT STORIES
by Kate Chopin
With an Introduction by Marilynne Robinson
Contents:
The Awakening
Beyond The Bayou
Ma'ame Pelagie
Desiree's Baby
A Respectable Woman
The Kiss
A Pair Of Silk Stockings
The Locket
A Reflection
THE AWAKENING
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A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept
repeating over and over:
"Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That's all right!"
He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody
understood, unless it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other
side of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with
maddening persistence.
Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his newspaper with any degree of comfort,
arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust.
He walked down the gallery and across the narrow "bridges" which
connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other. He had been seated
before the door of the main house. The parrot and the mockingbird were
the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the
noise they wished.
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