Mary, Chapter 23 요약

줄거리

1. Mary follows a weeping husband to a crowded, decaying house, where his sick wife and five hungry children occupy a tiny room.
2. She hires a neighbor to nurse the woman, buys necessities, and visits daily as cleanliness and food help the mother recover.
3. Mary catches the fever herself, suffers delirium, and slowly recovers under a doctor’s care, with little energy and low spirits.
4. Ingratitude, abuse from a woman she supports, and Henry’s prolonged silence deepen her sense of abandonment.
5. She writes about despair and her need for friendship, addressing Ann, then gives the family money and helps arrange a cottage and gardening work.

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눈여겨볼 점

Mary presents companionship as the care she needs but cannot find. Her own illness contrasts with the extensive help she gives others.

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