Two or three weeks passed, Strickland felt better, and the narrator went to the Louvre where he suddenly saw Stroeve. The latter seemed singularly disconsolate, and he told the young man that he suggested Strickland to occupy his studio thinking that both could paint, but Charles said him to get out. The narrator worried about this situation, but Stroeve asked to do nothing. A week later, Dick went to the young man - his clothes were in disorder, he looked suddenly bedraggled. He told that his wife decided to leave him, she fell in love with Strickland, and Stroeve packed his clothes up and left his house, where the wife abided with Charles. The narrator really understood the actions and motives of Blanche Stroeve - she only thought that she loved her husband, and when the woman first saw Strickland - a big and strong man, his appearance was wild and uncouth, there was aloofness in his eyes and sensuality in his mouth - she loved him. But what the narrator couldn't understand was reaction of Dick who said his wife would return to him, and he just needed to wait. Once, the young man saw Charles and Blanche together in the cafe, they seemed not to change, moreover they behaved as nothing had happened. The meeting had been devoid of incidentand and finally the narrator couldn't tell how the couple were getting on.
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ОтветитьУдалитьLots of indirect speech, which is unacceptable in a summary!
... he told the young man that he suggested Strickland to occupy his studio thinking that both could paint, but Charles TURNED HIM OUT OF DOORS.
The narrator worried about this situation, but Stroeve asked HIM to do nothing.
He SAID that his wife HAD decided to leave him, she HAD FALLEN in love with Strickland ETC