퓰리처상 수상 작가 수전 글래스펠(Susan Glaspell)의 희곡, 사소한 것들(Trifles)을 만나보겠습니다. 지난 시간에 이어 어떤 이야기가 펼쳐지는지 함께 보실까요?
COUNTY ATTORNEY: And how did she -- look?
HALE: Well, she looked queer.
COUNTY ATTORNEY: 무슨 뜻이죠? -- queer?
HALE: Well, as if she didn't know what she was going to do next. And kind of done up.
COUNTY ATTORNEY: How did she seem to feel about your coming?
HALE: Why, I don't think she minded -- one way or other. She didn't pay much attention. I said, "How do, Mrs. Wright, it's cold, ain't it?" And she said, "Is it?" -- and went on kind of pleating at her apron. Well, I was surprised; she didn't ask me to come up to the stove, or to set down, but just sat there, not even looking at me, so I said, "I want to see John." And then she -- laughed. I guess you would call it a laugh. I thought of Harry and the team outside, so I said a little sharp: "Can't I see John?" "No," she says, kind o' dull like. "Ain't he home?" says I. "Yes," says she, "he's home." "Then why can't I see him?" I asked her, out of patience. "'Cause he's dead," says she. "Dead?" says I. She just 고개만 끄덕일 뿐 her head, not getting a bit excited, but rockin' back and forth. "Why -- where is he?" says I, not knowing what to say. She just pointed upstairs -- like that I got up, with the idea of going up there. I walked from there to here -- then I says, "Why, what did he die of?" "He died of a rope round his neck," says she, and just went on pleatin' at her apron. Well, I went out and called Harry. I thought I might -- need help. We went upstairs and there he was lyin' --
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