Katherine Chopin: A Pair of Silk Stockings - page 05 |
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Mrs. Sommers after that did not move in the direction of the bargain counter. She took the elevator, which carried her to an upper floor into the region of the ladies' waiting-rooms. Here, in a retired corner, she exchanged her cotton stockings for the new silk ones which she had just bought. She was not going through any acute mental process or reasoning with herself, nor was she striving to explain to her satisfaction the motive of her action. She was not thinking at all. She seemed for the time to be taking a rest from that laborious and fatiguing function and to have abandoned herself to some mechanical impulse that directed her actions and freed her of responsibility. How good was the touch of the raw silk
to her flesh! She felt like lying back in
the cushioned chair and reveling for a while
in the luxury of it. She did for a little
while. Then she replaced her shoes, rolled
the cotton stockings together and thrust
them into her bag. After doing this she
crossed straight over to the shoe department
and took her seat to be fitted. |
Après
Mrs Sommer ne retournait pas au comptoir
avec les promotions. Elle prenait l' ascenseur
qui portait à l' étage supérieure,
à la regions des toilettes des femmes.
Dans un coin écarté elle changeait
leurs chaussettes de coton par les nouvelles
de soie qu' elle vient d' acheter. Elle
ne se faisait pas des reproches et elle
ne cherchait pas à justifier son
comportement. Elle ne se faisait pas de
soucis du tout. La soi effleurant sa peau était une sensation tellement douce! Elle se sentait comme dans un fauteuil rembourré, jouissant dans son luxe. Ce n' était qu' un moment qu' elle se permettait ca. Après elle remit ses chaussures, enroula les chaussettes de coton et les mis dans sa sac à main. Après elle alla directement à la section des chaussures et prit place pour être servie. |
vocabulary | vocabulaire | |
elevator | l' ascenseur | |
to strive | aspirer à quelque chose | |
laborious | fatigante | |
fatiguing | pénible | |
responsibility | la résponsabilité | |
raw | cru | |
to thrust | pousser | |
department | la section |
contact mentions légales déclaration de protection de donnée |