Chapter 5

           Asshelurched(forsherolledlikeashipatsea)andleered(forhereyesfellonnothingdirectly,butwithasidelongglancethatdeprecatedthescornandangeroftheworldshewaswitless,sheknewit),assheclutchedthebanistersandhauledherselfupstairsandrolledfromroomtoroom,shesang.Rubbingtheglassofthelonglooking-glassandleeringsidewaysatherswingingfigureasoundissuedfromherlipssomethingthathadbeengaytwentyyearsbeforeonthestageperhaps,hadbeenhummedanddancedto,butnow,comingfromthetoothless,bonneted,care-takingwoman,wasrobbedofmeaning,waslikethevoiceofwitlessness,humour,persistencyitself,troddendownbutspringingupagain,sothatasshelurched,dusting,wiping,sheseemedtosayhowitwasonelongsorrowandtrouble,howitwasgettingupandgoingtobedagain,andbringingthingsoutandputtingthemawayagain.Itwasnoteasyorsnugthisworldshehadknownforcloseonseventyyears.Boweddownshewaswithweariness.Howlong,sheasked,creakingandgroaningonherkneesunderthebed,dustingtheboards,howlongshallitendure?buthobbledtoherfeetagain,pulledherselfup,andagainwithhersidelongleerwhichslippedandturnedasideevenfromherownface,andherownsorrows,stoodandgapedintheglass,aimlesslysmiling,andbeganagaintheoldambleandhobble,takingupmats,puttingdownchina,lookingsidewaysintheglass,asif,afterall,shehadherconsolations,asifindeedtheretwinedaboutherdirgesomeincorrigiblehope

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