# data[].attributes.body
Location/setting: Cohoes, New York
Characters: Wife and Husband
Conflict/tension/emotion: The husband is dying and the wife is full of sadness that he is going to die
Costume: A dress
Time period: 1800s
Color/light/mood/temperature: mostly dark, the only light source is a candle, the mood is gloomy and the temperature is cold
First audio clip

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Begin the story
It is midnight.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Describe the scene
The night is dark, and the wind whispers softly, touching the trees and houses, rattling a window pane here and there.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Sitting by the window
I sit by my window, waiting silently for the doctor to arrive.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Looking at his face
In the light of the only candle in the room, I can see his emaciated face

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Thinking about the husband
He is in terrible pain, which even the drugs prescribed by the doctor cannot abate

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Begins to cry
The thought of what he had told me brought tears to my eyes.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Continues to reminisce
I could remember when we would go for our nightly walks to the Hudson River and just hold hands and look up at the stars.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Feels exasperated
The pain in his eyes as he looks at me makes me want to pull my hair out, why couldn't he just get better?

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Thinking about his coming death
One part of me is thankful because he won't be in so much pain, but I want to scream out and tell him not to leave me alone in this world.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Hears horses
Outside the house, the soft rumble of wheels and the clip-clop of hooves echo through the still night.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Hooves of a Shire Horse Clicking on Pavement

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.metadata.title
Hooves of a Shire Horse Clicking on Pavement

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Begins to feel relief
My heart leaped in my chest, the doctor was finally coming to make my husband better.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Examines the coach
Instead I see a dark, closed coach with black gaping holes where windows should be

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Trying to calm down
I take a deep breath and exhaled slowly

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Begins to panic
I could feel a rush of panic run through me and I felt like my head would explode.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Thinks about what the husband said about Death Coach
I had originally thought it was just the ramblings of his pained mind, yet there it is rolling slowly up to the front of the house stopping by the front gate.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Feels frightened
My eyes widened at this sight and I grabbed my husband's hand tightly afraid of letting him go.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Husband whispers
"Is it here?" He asks, his voice barely a whisper

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Kisses husband
I could tell that this was the moment that he was going to leave me so I swiftly kissed him and felt him take his last breath.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Gazes at her husband
I ran my fingers through the damp hair on his head when I had seen something move in the corner of my eye.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Looks at husband's ghost
He looked just as he used to look, the man I had fallen in love with so long ago.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Moves to window
I immediately move towards the window flinging it open and leaning out, hoping to see that smile again.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Watches husband go outside
The door opens, and he pauses for a moment to look towards the window, knowing that I am watching him.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Waves at husband
He waves and I wave back at him feeling more tears pour down my face.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Death Coach drives away
Slowly the Death Coach rumbles down the foggy street, turns the corner, and is gone.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Says goodbye to husband
"Goodbye my love," I say softly, as the Death Coach disappears.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Begins to reminisce
I could remember when he could lift me up in his arms and kiss me like there was no tomorrow

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Holds husband's hand
I grabbed his hand tightly, feeling the cold creeping through it.

# data[].attributes.body
Verb: Closes window
With a heavy heart, I closed the window and went downstairs to call the doctor and tell him that my dear husband was dead.

# data[].attributes.body
Beat 28
Beat 28
Verb: Closes window
With a heavy heart, I closed the window and went downstairs to call the doctor and tell him that my dear husband was dead. 

# data[].attributes.body
Beat 28
Beat 28
Verb: Closes window
With a heavy heart, I closed the window and went downstairs to call the doctor and tell him that my dear husband was dead. 

Beat 28
Beat 28
Verb: Closes window
With a heavy heart, I closed the window and went downstairs to call the doctor and tell him that my dear husband was dead. 