The woman’s eyes got filled up with tears, which she fought back obstinately. The insulting expression on the old man’s face grew deeper. “You know nothin’, filth,” the old man said threateningly. He looked at the young woman with the air of vicious hatred. "If my son is where you say he is, it is all your fault. You’re good for nothin’. Now get away from my face, you, mindless bitch!" Flabbergasted and hurt, Curley’s wife recoiled from these words as if the old man slapped her in the face. Her lips parted as if she was going to give the old hog a suitable response, but the words never came out. She bit the bitter words back and burst from the porch in the gloomy suffocating darkness of the accursed house. Curley’s wife ran through the dark rooms with her face aglow and tears of humiliation welling in her eyes, ready to spill. The young woman swallowed these tears with a great effort – she did not want to give the old hog satisfaction of seeing her crying. However, by the time she got to the bedroom, the unshed tears were burning her eyes and clogging her throat, chocking
The woman’s eyes got filled up with tears, which she fought back obstinately. The insulting expression on the old man’s face grew deeper. “You know nothin’, filth,” the old man said threateningly. He looked at the young woman with the air of vicious hatred. "If my son is where you say he is, it is all your fault. You’re good for nothin’. Now get away from my face, you, mindless bitch!" Flabbergasted and hurt, Curley’s wife recoiled from these words as if the old man slapped her in the face. Her lips parted as if she was going to give the old hog a suitable response, but the words never came out. She bit the bitter words back and burst from the porch in the gloomy suffocating darkness of the accursed house. Curley’s wife ran through the dark rooms with her face aglow and tears of humiliation welling in her eyes, ready to spill. The young woman swallowed these tears with a great effort – she did not want to give the old hog satisfaction of seeing her crying. However, by the time she got to the bedroom, the unshed tears were burning her eyes and clogging her throat, chocking