Eleanor H. Porter · 1911 · B1 · ≈ 17 min
The Lady in Black
Глава 4 — The gray-haired woman
The Lady in Black raised her head. For a time she watched in silence. Then she threw back her veil and spoke.
"You care, too," she said softly. "You understand. I've seen you here before, I'm sure. And was yours — a little girl?"
The gray-haired woman shook her head.
"No, dearie, it's a little boy — or he was a little boy forty years ago."
"Forty years — so long! How could you have lived forty years — without him?"
Again the little woman shook her head.
"One has to — sometimes, dearie, but this little boy wasn't mine."
"But you care. You understand. I've seen you here so often before."
"Yes. You see, there's no one else to care. But there was once, and I'm caring now, for her sake."
"For her?"
"His mother."
"Oh-h!" It was a tender little cry, full of quick sympathy. The eyes of the Lady in Black were on the stone marked "Kathleen."