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第1章 the t leaf(第2页)

Johnsylay,scarcelymakingarileunderthebedclothes,withherfacetowardthewindow。Suestoedwhistling,thinkingshewasaslee。

Shearrangedherboardandbeganaen-and-inkdrawingtoillustrateamagazinestory。YoungartistsmustavetheirwaytoArtbydrawingicturesformagazinestoriesthatyoungauthorswritetoavetheirwaytoLiterature。

AsSuewassketchingaairofeleganthorseshowridingtrousersandamonocleonthefigureofthehero,anIdahocowboy,sheheardalowsound,severaltimesreeated。Shewentquicklytothebedside。

Johnsy&aos;seyeswereoenwide。Shewaslookingoutthewindowandcounting-countingbackward。

"Twelve,

"shesaid,andlittlelater

"eleven

";andthen

"ten,

"and

"nine

";andthen

"eight

"and

"seven

",almosttogether。

Suelooksolicitouslyoutofthewindow。Whatwastheretocount?Therewasonlyabare,drearyyardtobeseen,andtheblanksideofthebrickhousetwentyfeetaway。Anold,oldivyvine,gnarledanddecayedattheroots,climbedhalfwayuthebrickwall。Thecoldbreathofautumnhadstrickenitsleavesfromthevineuntilitsskeletonbranchesclung,almostbare,tothecrumblingbricks。

"Whatisit,dear?

"askedSue。

"Six,

"saidJohnsy,inalmostawhiser。

"They&aos;refallingfasternow。Threedaysagotherewerealmostahundred。Itmademyheadachetocountthem。Butnowit&aos;seasy。Theregoesanotherone。Thereareonlyfiveleftnow。

"

"Fivewhat,dear?TellyourSudie。

"

"Leaves。Ontheivyvine。WhenthelastonefallsImustgo,too。I&aos;veknownthatforthreedays。Didn&aos;tthedoctortellyou?

"

"Oh,Ineverheardofsuchnonsense,

"comlainedSue,withmagnificentscorn。

"Whathaveoldivyleavestodowithyourgettingwell?Andyouusedtolovethatvineso,younaughtygirl。Don&aos;tbeagoosey。Why,thedoctortoldmethismorningthatyourchancesforgettingwellrealsoonwere-let&aos;sseeexactlywhathesaid-hesaidthechancesweretentoone!Why,that&aos;salmostasgoodachanceaswehaveinNewYorkwhenwerideonthestreetcarsorwalkastanewbuilding。Trytotakesomebrothnow,andletSudiegobacktoherdrawing,soshecanselltheeditormanwithit,andbuyortwineforhersickchild,andorkchosforhergreedyself。

"

"Youneedn&aos;tgetanymorewine,

"saidJohnsy,keeinghereyesfixedoutthewindow。

"Theregoesanother。No,Idon&aos;twantanybroth。Thatleavesjustfour。Iwanttoseethelastonefallbeforeitgetsdark。ThenI&aos;llgo,too。

"

"Johnsy,dear,

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