House of Empty Illusion _ Agatha Christie

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Gerda did not hear this melancholy and longing. Round and round, round and round, she fell into the unfortunate trap she had laid.

Gerda did not hear this melancholy and longing. Round and round, round and round, she fell into the unfortunate trap she had laid. She had been feeling unhappy since she got up this morning and realized that this long and terrible weekend with the Angkart family would finally come to her. It was always a nightmare for her to stay in the fantasy manor. She always felt confused and abandoned. Lucy.. Angkart Never say a complete sentence. Her rapid disjointed utterances, and her obvious attempts at friendliness, made her the figure she feared most. But everyone else is just as bad. For Gerda, it was two days of pure suffering # 8212; # 8212; enduring it all for the sake of John. 。 And John, as he stretched this morning, said emphatically in a tone that was one hundred percent pleasant: The thought that we are going to spend the weekend in the country is wonderful. It will do you good, Gerda. It's just what you need. She smiled mechanically and said with a kind of selfless firmness, "It will be very pleasant." Her sad eyes looked around the bedroom. The wallpaper, with its cream stripes and black dots, matched the wardrobe; the mahogany dressing-table, with its front mirror; the delightful azure carpet; the watercolour of a lake scene. All these lovely things, and she won't see them again until next Monday. Instead, the next morning, a noisy maid came into the strange bedroom, put a cup of morning tea on a beautiful plate beside the bed, opened the curtains,Concealed Flush Valve, and rearranged and folded Gerda's clothes-something that made Gerda feel too hot and uncomfortable all over. 。 She will lie miserably and endure it, trying to console herself by thinking, "There's only one morning left.". Just like in school, counting the days. Gerda did not have a good time when she went to school. Schools are even less comforting than other places. Home is better. But even at home, the situation is not very good. Because all of them, of course,Stainless Steel Prison Toilet, were smarter and smarter than she was. Their comments, astute, impatient, not very friendly, had roared in her ears like a storm. Oh, hurry up, Gerda. "Butter fingers give me that!" "Oh, don't let Gerda do that. She'll do it for a long time." "Gerda never understood anything." Didn't they, all of them, see that it would only make her more dull and stupid? She gets worse and worse. Her fingers are more clumsy, her intelligence is slower, and she is more confused about what people say. Until one day, suddenly, stainless steel shower tray ,Manual Flush Valve, she grasped the problem and found a solution. Almost by accident, but certainly, she found a weapon to defend herself. She had grown duller, and her bewildered gaze was even more blank. But now, when they say impatiently, "Oh, Gerda, how stupid you are, do you understand?" She would be able to secretly rejoice after a blank expression. Because she's not as stupid as they think she is. Usually, when she pretends not to understand, she actually does. And often deliberately, she slows down no matter what she does. She laughed to herself as people's impatient fingers snatched things away from her. Because warmth and happiness are a private understanding of superiority. She began, quite often, to be a little bit happy. Yes, you know more than people think you know. It's really fun to be able to do something and not let anyone know you can do it. And it's good to do that. You suddenly find that people often do things for you. That will save you a lot of trouble. And if people are used to doing things for you, you don't have to do them anymore, and people won't know how badly you're doing it. So, slowly, after you turn around, you are almost back to your starting point. Feel that you are as free to stand your ground as the rest of the world. (But this was impossible, and Gerda was afraid to take hold of herself in the company of the Angcatels, who were always so far ahead of you that you did not even feel that you were in the same street with them. How she hated the Angkarts! But it's good for John. John likes it there. 。 When he got home, he was more energetic and sometimes less irritable. 。) Dear John, she thought. John is excellent. Everyone thinks so. What a capable doctor! He is so kind to his patients. Always worked to the bone and put so much care into the hospital patients. # 8212; # 8212; He was not compensated for all this work. 。 John was so uncaring # 8212; # 8212; so truly noble. 。 She knew, from the beginning, that John was brilliant and would reach the top of his career. He chose her, and he could have married a woman much smarter than her. He didn't mind that she was dull and stupid and not very beautiful. "I'll take care of you," he once said. Nicely, rather imperiously, "Don't worry about anything, Gerda, I'll take care of you.." As a man should do. How nice to remember that John had chosen her. "I like the way I behave, you know, Gerda," he had said with his sudden, attractive, half-apologetic smile. Oh, no problem. She always tries to give in to him on every single thing. Even lately, when he had become so irritable and neurotic, nothing seemed to please him. 。 And for whatever reason,stainless steel squatting pan, she didn't do anything right, and people couldn't blame him. He was so busy, so selfless. cnkexin.com

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