Book review8

I read "The withered arm" this time. This is a strange story. Rhoda is a milkmaid, she work in dairy. She was married Mr. Lodge, but they were divorced. After that, he married Gertrude. She is younger than Rhoda; she has pretty face, white little hands and friendly smile. One day when Rhoda sleeps on bed and she had a bad dream, she hadn't met Gertrude but she met her on nightmare. It is a image of Gertrude. In the dream, Gertrude has cruel laugh to Rhoda with showing her wedding-ring. In the dream she grasped Gertrude's left hand in heavy. After that she fades out from Rhoda's dream. Gradually, Gertrude and Rhoda get friends each other. But Gertrude had withered arm, it is left arm. She wanted to cure her arm, because her husband doesn't like her because of her withered arm. Gertrude asks Rhoda how to cure that arm. She introduced her wise man. Gertrude and Rhoda went the man's house together, and then he told her how to cure withered arm. The way of cure the withered arm is that put her arm on the neck of a hanged man. And he asked her “Do you want to know why you get withered arm? Who make have you withered arm?” She said yes. And she knows who is. It is Rhoda. After that, they are in bad atmosphere and Rhoda away from Gertrude with her son. Time was past, Mr. Lodge and Gertrude were still little conversation. So she decided to cure her arm to be loved her husband. She went to prison, and she tried to put her arm on the neck of hanged man. A young man was carried to prison, and hang was started. After that she went to near the hanged man, she was about to put her arm. But then one shouted her name angrily. It is Rhoda. And the hanged boy was her son. (323)