1 . Saturday finally came. And I was looking at my watch very often.
As the sun began to set, Henry had two visitors, Tom and Joe. They were two miners and were Henry's friends. They carried guitars and brought flowers and a bottle of whiskey. They put the flowers in vases and began to play some fast and lively songs.
That night, they kept giving Henry glasses of whiskey, which they made him drink. When I reached for one of the two glasses left on the table, Tom stopped my arm. "Drop that glass and take the other one!" he whispered. He gave the remaining glass of whiskey to Henry just as the clock began to strike midnight.
Henry emptied the glass. His face grew whiter and whiter. "Boys," he said, "I am feeling sick. I want to lie down."
Henry was asleep almost before the words were out of his mouth.
In a moment, his two friends had picked him up and carried him into the bedroom. They fastened the door and came back. They seemed to be getting ready to leave. So I said, "Please don't go gentlemen. She is coming back and will not know me. I am a stranger to her."
They looked at each other. "Henry's wife has been dead for nineteen years," Tom said.
"Dead?" I whispered.
"Dead or worse," he said.
"She went to see her parents about six months after she got married. On her way back, on a Saturday evening in June, when she was almost here, the Indians captured her. No one ever saw her again. Henry lost his mind. He thinks she is still alive. When June comes, he thinks she has gone on her trip to see her parents. Then he begins to wait for her to come back."
"On the Saturday night she is supposed to come home, we come here to be with him. We put a sleeping drug in his drink so he will sleep through the night. Then he is all right for another year."
Joe picked up his hat and his guitar. "We have done this every June for nineteen years," he said. He opened the door of the pretty little house and then they disappeared into the darkness.
1. What do you think Henry told the author previously?| A．They would enjoy whiskey together. | B．His wife was returning from a trip. |
| C．His friends were coming to see him. | D．The Indians were to attack. |
| A．To accompany him and then put him to sleep. |
| B．To wipe out his painful memory with alcohol. |
| C．To perform their promise made to a close friend. |
| D．To expect his wife back home before midnight. |
| A．Henry's love for his wife was unimaginable. |
| B．Henry's loss of his wife made him desperate. |
| C．Henry was convinced of her trip back home. |
| D．Henry had suffered from mental disorder ever since. |
| A．Sorrowful | B．Tricky | C．Devoted | D．Tough |
