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Lesson 13
Cat in the Rain
Ernest Hemingway
[1]
There
were
only
two
Americans
stopping
at
the
hotel.
They
did
not
know
any
of
the
people they passed on the stairs on the way to and from their room. Their room was on the second
floor facing the sea. It also faced the public garden and the war monument. There were big palms
and green benches in the public garden. In the good weather there was always an artist with his
easel. Artists liked the way the palms grew and the bright colors of the hotels facing the gardens
and the sea. Italians came from a long way off to look up at the war monument. It was made of
bronze and glistened in the rain. It was raining. The rain dripped from the palm trees. Water stood
in pools on the gravel paths. The sea broke in a long line in the rain and slipped down the beach to
come up and break again in a long line in the rain. Motorcars were gone from the square by the
war monument.
Across the square in
the doorway
of the
cafe a waiter stood looking out
at
the
empty
square.
The
American
wife
stood
at
the
window
looking
out.
Outside
right
under
their
window a cat was crouched under one of the dripping green tables. The cat was trying to make
herself so compact that she would not be dripped on.
[2]
“
I
’
m going down and get that kitty,
”
the American wife said.
[3]
“
I
’
ll do it,
”
her husband offered from the bed.
[4]
“
No, I
’
ll get it. The poor kitty out trying to keep dry under a table.
”
[5] The husband went on reading, lying propped up with the pillows at the foot of the bed.
[6]
“
Don
’
t get wet,
”
he said.
[7] The wife went downstairs and the hotel owner stood up and bowed to her as she passed
the office. His desk was at the far end of the office. He was an old man and very tall.
[8]
“
ll piove,
”
the wife said. She liked the hotelkeeper.
[9]
“
Si, si, Signora, brutto temp
o. It’
s very bad weather.
”
[10] He stood behind his desk in the far end of the dim room. The wife liked him. She liked
the deadly serious way he received any complaints. She liked his dignity. She liked the way he
wanted to serve her. She liked the way he felt about being a hotelkeeper. She liked his old, heavy
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