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An attractive widow with three children moved into a certain town, and in a few weeks she
was the most talked-about woman in town. She was soo pretty; several men had been visiting her; she was a poor housekeeper; her children ran the streets and ate at the neighbor''s. She was lazy and spent most of her time lying on the sofa reading. Such was the conversation among the neighbors.
One morning the attractive widow collapsed in the post office, and the truth came out. She was suffering from incurable disease and could not do her housework. She sent the children away when drugs could not control her pain. "I wanted them to think of me as always happy and gay," she said. "I wanted to pass away some time alone so they would never know."
The men visitors were her old family doctor, the lawyer who looked after her state, and her husband''s brother. The town was kind to her for remaining months of her life, but the gossipers never forgave themselves.
Published: December 31, 2007
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