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ther hushed sine vies and bi guickcriour ance and then be Sap
peared, He walked gh dough the hose and ou he back and wae no ee
fein
“The two female cousins came at once They held hefner on the sean
fay with the cown coming to lok a Mis Emily beneath « mae of bought
flowers, with the eryon face of her fet muting proundly shove she bit
and the ladies sane and macabre and the very old ter—some in thir
brushed Confederate uniforms —on the porch and the lwn,ealing of Mise,
Enya if she had been 2 contemporary of thes. believing thatthe had
shnced wid her and coured her peta concn time with is mathemati
progression asthe old doo whom al the pa snot a diminishing rad bet,
Instead, a hoge meadow which no wine eve quite och, dvd fo them
ow by the row brenec ofthe mt een decade of yar.
‘Already we knew tht dere war one oom in hc reon above sie which
‘noone had sen in forty yeas and which would hae to be forced. They waited
‘ul Miss Emly was decently in the ground blr they opened ic
‘The violence of breaking dwn the dor ssemed til shir rom with
pervading dst Athi, arid pall a ofthe tomb seemed oi very upon
this room decked and Furnished at fra bal upon the valance carsne of
faded roe clot, upon the rreshaded igh, upon the desing al, pon the
dite sray of erst andthe mas tet things backed with anihed
svt, iver 50 aried thatthe monogram wat obscured, Aton them Ly
calla and i, a if chey had just been femoved, whic, fed, Ife upon the
‘unface a ple cescet inthe ds. Upon sea hang the tearfully faded,
[encth tthe wo mute shoe andthe dca eck
“The man hic lyin the bed
Fora Tong while we just sod ther, lacking down a the profound and
Als rin. The body had apparently one lain inthe stude ofan embrace
but now the ing sleep ths att oe, ht conquer even the grimace of love,
hd cuckold him. What was lef of hin, rotedbenenh what wa ll of the
nightie, had become inetible fom the bed in which he lays and upon
‘him and upon the pillow beside him lay tht even coming ofthe ptient ad
biding dst
“Then we noticed that in the second pillow wa he indentation of hed
(One of us fed something from i and lesing forest ha fin and ni
be dust dy and acid in the nosy, we saw lang sand of ron gray bie
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‘Clean, WellLighted Place 18
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Emmett Hemingway
(18991961
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Hemingway so embodied the image ofthe succes witer
foro ong thot toga. vee docades afr hs sucido. is
‘Stas 10 pace the cls tom th sora ete
Sporiman Gnd corouser rom tho syst whowe iuance on
‘he tor sory ong novel continuo: 18 be fo. Tho compsoahy
‘of his fo. and pononesty sil fescnates blogreohor, oven
{hough e hat dozen map stules have croady apposred
Bom fo 0 doctor n Ook Por nls, wound os valanst
‘ebulonce aver mn fly duing Word War |, Wolood as @
foporer on the Karsos ly Stor, Hemingway rroved To Foie
Inn early 1920s, whore ha wos ot Ine cantor of @ bron
(oneraton of Amorcan expciotes thot included Geriude
Shon ‘ond F, seat Fiagoraa. Hs widoranging travels ore
Tefacted in is wore. He spent mach tine it Spain, which
provided material frie ft now, ho Sum Avo bo 1928),
‘hd stores he “A Clean, Web tigiteg Pace, n the 19301 he
Covered the Spanish Ch War. the backsion for Nis mast
popisor novell For Whom the Bel Tos (194), hs Atco
Fats ond eddence in preCasto Cuba wore do sources
Of his fiction. When of ols a014, Hemingway's rooted!
‘Sontibuion aye In tne Tee stipe cow ualy oe
Sarl rose, whlen renders madam cllenction wah stk
enerate dete, Homngwoy won the Nobo! Pizo 195
Teste nde ne hd ete aft xp ano mn who stn the
dow the nso ths made pine the eciligtIn the ny inthe
‘tet war dnt, ut igh the dew eed the dt and th oldman Hed oi
ine cnc he wa ea tnd now aight tw qk and he be ieee
“The oo weer ide the al Ln tha th ld an ale drank nd
whic he war's good cen hey Lacs ta fhe bear oo dr he wold
[eve withou ping they hep wach on in
“Lan wk ied yo com le” one itr id
“ay
“Hea in dpi”
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i mest Hemingway
sNoshing™
“How do ea knw wanting”
“etas ply mong
‘Theat peer ats ae tht ws ls aunt the wal eth doo
sts caf an looked atthe ence mae he ae wee al emp cn noe
‘held oan inthe shadow of the eer the eat mane ih hs
rind A gil and ale wen by nthe wes The set Ege done oh
roma onl Te gil woe no bead cong bared ui
“The pad wil pick im pane wie id
Wha doe mater fhe ge whats er”
“Head bsp of het ne Te ed wip hi Ty went
by into a
old man sting inthe shadow ppd ons scr with is ga
‘The younger waiter went over to him. ay :
at do you van
“The ld man kel a hin. “Ante brandy," he i
“Youll be dusk the water nd The eld men looked a hi. The
veer went ey
aay al nigh” hea hs league, “im sleepy now. eve
st nt bed before tec lc He sould ave lel nals weck”
“he wate ook the brandy be and snot saucer fm counter
inde the fend marched ot te ld man's ale He pt dou thon
nd poured he as lef tana,
You shook have ied yore at wc,” be it he ef man, The
ld man mation wi his ager “Ald meee md. The ate ped
on int he aso ta the brandy slopped over snd 0 down te nem a he
top sae ofthe pile “Thank you teed man The wait to he
‘eck inde the cf2 Hes down a eae wit hn cleo sp
“He's dank now head
“Hes dank cry nigh
"hat id he wat lel
“How ald nowt”
How did he doh
“He hing his with ope"
"Who ethim dew?
“Hie ice”
“How much uoney base go
"He gr plenye
“He must be eighty yu od”
wove
teteuean
A Glan, Well Lighted Place 1%
“ayy ld yh gy”
he wou ge ome fnvr gto bel are desc, Wha
kind fori op b™
“He nay up best he ksi
HCL Tandy. Po ney. wi wing in bol forme”
Heads wie nce to
“Asse would bene god him now”
‘Mower Heh be beer wih aie”
“Hes ok fern
“ow ou id ah ct hi dows”
“lwo want ob tha ld An ld mn ay hing”
sev, rk enki
‘To wat ook hi, Iwi he wl go home. Heh gd
foe shone whe mas wok?
“Te idan Toke om is cos che gure, hen ore he
“Another andy” hemi, poling thi ls. The wate wh win a
buy cae ve
Ried he id, peaking wih ht onion of yaa up poole
employ when king 0 drnken people o foreigner. “No mae tonight.
Ge now”
“Arh idhe ld man
“No. Prise” The water wiped theo ofthe able with aon! and
bookish
Theda ond ly sd aes ok hn
as rs hi pocket and ud forthe ns leg als pes
ee The wire him go down te sess vy od on waling
sly bt ih dig
“hry did't you let him say and dri” he wrbuied water aed
They er pting vp he shar“ ot Epa 0”
Tat ge homeo bed”