The Stories of John Cheever

she wanted to charge Mrs. Cabot with murder… "What you are asking for is an exhumation"

短篇法律死结，plot 92。

Diana sometimes used to call him Little Jesus, and Mother often called him the Croaker.

绰号立兄弟，cast 94。

he would, between jobs, spend ten days at Laud's Head… so the family would be together.

假期倒计时，pace 93。

the coast where they lived and the sea salt that I think is in our blood

血咸隐喻，prose 96。

The palace in Rome had had an oubliette—a dungeon below a chamber whose floor operated on the principle of a seesaw.

欧洲旧暴，world 95。

any rupture in this loyalty is a source of confusion and pain.

主题句钩，hook 94。

I mean that she weighed about three hundred pounds… her Massachusetts accent was as strong as ever. It sounded like music to me on the Upper Nile.

郊区口音漂尼罗，innov 94。

I kissed Geneva—and the Cabots—goodbye. The End

选集告别式，ending 93。