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CHAPTER EIGHT
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His next actions might seem heroic1, he imagined, if someone looked at just the actions without seeing inside his mind. In immense2 pain he rolled the wheelchair over to the door. He slid down in the chair so that his hands could touch the floor. This caused him so much pain that he fainted for a few minutes. When he woke up he remembered what he was trying to do. He looked at the floor and saw the hairpins3 which he had noticed earlier. They had fallen out of Annie's hair when she had rushed at him. Slowly, painfully, he managed to pick them up. There were three of them. Sitting up again in the chair brought fresh waves of pain. While writing Past Cuts he had taught himself to open locks with things like hairpins. It had helped him write abour a carthief. It was surprisingly easy. Now he was going to open the door and go out into the house. What made him overcome all his pain and do this? Was it because he was a hero? No, it was because he needed some Novril tablets4 and was afraid that Annie would not return for hours or would not give them to him when she did return. And he felt he needed an extra supply, to help him during those periods when she was too angry with him to give them to him. It was an old, heavy lock. One pin sprang out of his hands, skated across the wooden floor and disappeared under the bed. The second one broke - but as it broke, the door opened. 20 Thank you, God,' he whispered. A bad moment followed - no, not a bad moment, an awful moment - when it seemed as if the wheelchair would not fit through the door. She must have brought it into the room folded up, he realized. In the end he had to hold on to the frame5 of the door and pull himself through it. The wheels rubbed against the frame and for one terrible moment he thought the chair was going to stick there. But then he was suddenly through the door. After that he fainted again. When he woke up, the light in the corridor6 was different. Quite some time had passed. How long did he have before she returned? Fifty hours, like the last time, or five minutes? He could see the bathroom through an open door down the corridor. Surely she would keep the medicine there. He rolled down the corridor and stopped at the bathroom door. At least this door was a little wider. He turned himself round so that he could go into the bathroom backwards7, ready for a quick escape if necessary. Inside the bathroom there was a bath, an open cupboard for storing towels and blankets, a basin - and a medicine cupboard on the wall over the basin! But how could he reach it from his wheelchair? It was too high up the wall. And even if he could reach it with a stick or something, he would only make things fall out of it and break in the basin. And then what would he tell her? That Misery8 had done it while looking for some medicine to bring her back to life? Tears of anger - and of shame at his need for the medicine - began to flow down his cheeks. He almost gave in and started to think about returning to his room. Then his eye saw something in the towel cupboard. Previously9 his eye had only quickly noticed the towels and blankets on the shelves. But there on the floor, underneath10 all the shelves, were two or three boxes. He rolled himself over to the cupboard. Now he could see some words printed on one of the boxes: MEDICAL SUPPLIES. His heart leapt. 21 He reached in and pulled one of the boxes but. There were many kinds of drugs inside the box - drugs for all sorts of diseases11 - but no Novril. He just managed to reach a second box. Again he was faced with an astonishing collection of medicines. She must have taken them from hospitals day after day. Most of the drugs were in small quantities. She had been careful: she hadn't taken a lot at once because they would have caught her. He searched through the box. There at the bottom were a great many packets of Novril tablets; each packet contained eight tablets. He chewed three tablets straight away, hardly noticing the bitter taste. How many packets could he take without her realizing that he had found the store? He took five packets and placed them down the front of his trousers, to leave his hands tree for pushing the wheels. He looked at the drugs in the box. They had not been in any particular order before he searched the box and he hoped that Annie would not notice any difference. Then, to his honor12, he heard the noise of a car. He straightened in the chair, eyes wide. If it was Annie he was dead. He couldn't get back to the bedroom and lock the door in time, and be had no doubt that she would be too angry to stop herself killing13 him immediately. She would forget that she didn't want to kill him before he had written Misery's Return. She would not be able to control herself. The sound of the car grew ... and then faded into the distance on the road outside. OK, you've had your warning, he thought. Now it's time to return to your room. The next ear really could be hers. He rolled out of the bathroom, checking to make sure that he had left no tracks on the floor. How wide open had the bathroom door been? He closed it a little way. It looked right now. The drug was beginning to take effect, so there was less pain now. His immediate14 need was satisfied. He was starting to turn 22 the wheelchair, so that he could roll back to his room, when he realized that he was pointing towards the sitting-room15. An idea burst into his mind like a light. He could almost see the telephone; he could imagine the conversation with the police station. Would they be surprised to learn that crazy Annie Wilkes had kidnapped him? But he remembered that he had never heard the phone ring. He knew it was unlikely16 that there even was a phone in the house. But the picture of the phone in his mind drove him on; he could feel the cool plastic in his hand, hear the sound of the phone in the police station. He rolled himself into the sittingroom. He looked around. The room smelled stale17 and was filled with ugly furniture. On a shelf was a large photograph, in a gold frame, of a woman who could only be Annie's mother. He rolled further into the room. The left side of the wheelchair hit a table which had dozens of small figures on it. One of the figures - a flying bird of some kind - fell off the edge of the table. Without thinking, Paul put out his hand and caught it - and then realized what he had done. If he had thought about it he would not have been able to do it. It was pure instinct18. If the figure had landed on the floor it would have broken. He put it back on the table. On a small table on the other side of the room stood a phone. Paul carefully made his way past the chairs and sofa. He picked up the phone. Before he put it to his ear he had an odd19 feeling of failure. And yes - there was no sound. The phone was not working. Everything looked all right - it was important for Annie to have things looking all right - but she had disconnected the phone. Why had she done it? He guessed that when she had arrived in Sidewinder she had been afraid. She thought that people would find out about whatever had happened in Denver and would ring her up. You did it, Annie! We know you did. They let you go, but you're not innocent20, are you, Annie Wilkes? They were 23 all against her - the Roydmans, everyone. No one liked her. The world was a dark place full of people looking at her with suspicion21 and hatred22. So it was best to silence the phone for ever - just as she would silence him if she discovered that he had been in this room. Fear suddenly overcame him and he turned the wheelchair around in order to leave the room. At that moment he heard the sound of another car, and he knew that this time it was Annie.

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1 heroic DdNz8     
adj.英雄的,英勇的,崇高的
参考例句:
  • Many people have heard of the man's heroic deeds.许多人都已经听说了这个人的英雄事迹。
  • He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。
2 immense HkWyu     
adj.巨大的;极好的
参考例句:
  • They made an immense improvement in English.在英语方面他们取得了巨大的进步。
  • The expense of living is immense.生活费用很庞大。
3 hairpins f4bc7c360aa8d846100cb12b1615b29f     
n.发夹( hairpin的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The price of these hairpins are about the same. 这些发夹的价格大致相同。 来自互联网
  • So the king gives a hundred hairpins to each of them. 所以国王送给她们每人一百个漂亮的发夹。 来自互联网
4 tablets c6411ee33ebd1dbd0d0f8c8487de472b     
n.药片( tablet的名词复数 );(木、竹)简;碑;一块肥皂
参考例句:
  • The tablets may make you feel drowsy. 这药片可能会使你昏昏欲睡。
  • Take two tablets with water before meals. 每次两片,饭前用水冲服。
5 frame LfMzs     
n.框架,结构,体格;vt.构成,设计,制定,使适合,陷害; 框架,(是指在数据链路层中,将网络层数据包加上开始与结尾信息包组成一个框架)
参考例句:
  • The house has a wooden frame which is faced with brick.这个房子是木质结构的砖瓦房。
  • We must frame up that picture.我们必须给那幅画装上框。
6 corridor IzCxr     
n.走廊,回廊,通路
参考例句:
  • The corridor opens into Mr.Brown's office.这条走廊通到布朗先生的办公室。
  • There was a ring of laughter in the corridor.走廊里传来响亮的笑声。
7 backwards BP9ya     
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
参考例句:
  • He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
8 misery G10yi     
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
参考例句:
  • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
  • He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
9 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前,先前(地)
参考例句:
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
10 underneath VKRz2     
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
参考例句:
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
11 diseases 5c749da591474dd5c2c7f1d77b874f5d     
n.疾病( disease的名词复数 );弊端;恶疾;痼疾
参考例句:
  • Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases. 抽烟是引起几种严重疾病的病因。
  • The illness frequently coexists with other chronic diseases. 这种病往往与其他慢性病同时存在。
12 honor IQDzL     
n.光荣;敬意;荣幸;vt.给…以荣誉;尊敬
参考例句:
  • I take your visit as a great honor.您的来访是我莫大的光荣。
  • It is a great honor to receive that prize.能拿到那个奖是无上的光荣。
13 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
14 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
参考例句:
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
15 sitting-room sitting-room     
n.(BrE)客厅,起居室
参考例句:
  • The sitting-room is clean.起居室很清洁。
  • Each villa has a separate sitting-room.每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。
16 unlikely MjGwy     
adj.未必的,多半不可能的;不大可能发生的
参考例句:
  • It was very unlikely that he would do that.他不见得会做那种事。
  • It is unlikely that she will come. 她不大可能来了。
17 stale eGhzi     
adj.因陈旧而乏味的,过时的;没有新意的
参考例句:
  • The room smelled musty and stale.这个房间闻起来有股发霉的陈味儿。
  • The bread is too stale to eat.面包太陈不能吃了。
18 instinct W6pxS     
n.本能,直觉;生性,天性
参考例句:
  • We all have a strong survival instinct.每个人都有强烈的求生本能。
  • Birds learn to fly by instinct.鸟儿学飞是出于本能。
19 odd P5szQ     
adj.奇特的;临时的;奇数的;n.[pl.]机会
参考例句:
  • She looks a bit odd.I wonder what has happened to her.她的神色有些异样,不知出了什么事。
  • He's an odd character and no mistake!他的确是个怪人!
20 innocent J68xs     
adj.无罪的,清白的;无害的;天真的,单纯的
参考例句:
  • I'm not quite so innocent as to believe that.我还不至于简单到相信那种事的地步。
  • I was very young,and very innocent.我那时非常年轻,幼稚无知。
21 suspicion srCw1     
n.猜疑,怀疑;怀疑,嫌疑
参考例句:
  • There was just a suspicion of light in the east. 东方刚刚泛白。
  • I confess to some suspicion of your honesty.我承认对你的诚实有所怀疑。
22 hatred T5Gyg     
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨
参考例句:
  • He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
  • The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。


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