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fault that made the house unsuitable. He couldn't let his dear Ruth to live in a
bad house.
Ruth began to grow peevish. Roger asked her to have patience. They
looked at hundreds of houses; they climbed thousands of stairs. Ruth was
exhausted and often lost her temper. For two years they looked for houses.
Ruth grew silent, her eyes no longer looked beautiful and pathetic. There
are limits to human patience.
"Do you want to marry me or do you not?" she asked him one day.
"Of course I do. We'll be married the very moment we find" a house."
"I don't feel well enough to look at any more houses."
Ruth Barlow took to her bed
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. Roger remained gallant as ever. Every
day he wrote her and told her that he had heard of another house for them
to look at. A week later he received the following letter:
'Roger —
I do not think you really love me. I've found someone who really wants
to take care of me and I am going to be married to him today.
Ruth.'
He sent back his reply:
'Ruth —
I'll never get over this blow. But your happiness will be my first
concern. I send you seven addresses. I’m
sure you'll find among them a
house that will ехactly suit you
.
NOTES:
1
widow — вдова
2
as
hard as nails — упрямая
3
orders to view — смотровые ордера
4
take to one’s bed – соблюдать постельный режим
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