https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny Star image research portfolio en-us 2019-02-08 13:14:14 UTC 2025-03-22 22:31:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png hushuying0219 https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170210 Reluctantly, he accepts it. Arianne greets him with a drink and neither of them can bear to discuss the matter further. ]]> 2019-02-08 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170210 hushuying0219 https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170211 They tell him that the house is too big and they are moving him out of it. ]]> 2019-02-08 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170211 hushuying0219 https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170212 He packs some suitcases, and prepares to go into town. He plans to buy her a necklace and a new wedding ring. ]]> 2019-02-08 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170212 hushuying0219 https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170213 They do not want to ruin their good memories of their mother and besides, there's no evidence of such behavior. ]]> 2019-02-08 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170213 hushuying0219 https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170214 He's very pleased with her for doing so. It seems to ease the guilt about his own infidelities. ]]> 2019-02-08 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170214 hushuying0219 https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170215 Alexei is indifferent, but he goes out to buy a cake for the occasion. ]]> 2019-02-08 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170215 hushuying0219 https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170218 Arianne is concerned that her father is in denial and tells her siblings. ]]> 2019-02-08 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170218 hushuying0219 https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170220 Instead, he distracts himself with stories he makes up about her.]]> 2019-02-08 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170220 hushuying0219 https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170221 He wasn't present at the births of most of them. He was out with his mistresses. The one exception is his eldest daughter Arianna, who shares many of his interests - like heavy drinking. ]]> 2019-02-08 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170221 hushuying0219 https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170222 Alexei has many regrets, since he was unfaithful to her. He thinks back on her devotion to charity, and the way she left shoes where he could trip on them. They had been married forty-five years. He feels numb. ]]> 2019-02-08 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170222 hushuying0219 https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170224 ...for his age. He also wants to spend more time with his wife, Elena. "She's getting younger and prettier," he tells his friend André.]]> 2019-02-08 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hushuying0219/s8ko87j8ieny/wish/329170224