The Height of the Storm by Christopher Hampton

Author:Christopher Hampton [Hampton, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780571350599
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

(To Élise.) My brother had this kind of … He also had problems with his memory. But they didn’t find out about it until very late on. I must say, his wife did everything she could to stop people realising.

MadeleineOh, yes?

Woman(to Élise) She was very good at it. She would answer for him, always kept ahead of him in the conversation, took possession of the field … So well, no one really grasped the situation. It was only when she disappeared that we realised how ill he was.

ÉliseSo what did you do?

WomanWe had to put him in a nursing home. It was very painful.

ÉliseI’m sure.

WomanAll the more so because it happened very suddenly. His wife was so … strong. Younger than him. No one was expecting her to go first … And then one morning she got up, went to do some gardening and dropped dead. Quite simply.

Madeleine(apparently concerned) Doing some gardening? Do you mean … in the vegetable garden?

No one answers. The Woman rests her hand on Élise’s forearm, as if she wanted to support her.

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