第15章猴爪（5）
Thesoundofhersobsdiedawayohebedwaswarm，andhiseyesheavywithsleep。Hedozedfitfully，auntilasuddenwildhisithastart。
"Thepaw!"shecriedwildly。"Themonkey'spaw!"
&edupinalarm。"Where?Whereisit?What'sthematter?"
&umblingacrosstheroomtowardhim。"Iwantit，"shesaidquietly。"You'veroyedit?"
"It'sintheparlour，o，"hereplied，marvelling。"Why?"
Shedlaughedtogether，andbendingover，kissedhischeek。
"Ionlyjustthoughtofit，"shesaidhysterically。"Whydidn'tIthinkofitbefore?Whydidn'tyouthinkofit?"
"Thinkofwhat?"hequestioned。
"Theothertwowishes，"sherepliedrapidly。"We'veonlyhado;
"Wasnotthatenough?"hedemandedfiercely。
"No，"shecried，triumphantly，"we'llhaveodowquidwishourboyaliveagain。"
&upinbedandfluhesfromhisquakinglimbs。"GoodGod，youaremad!&quhast。
"Getit，"shepa;getitquidwish—Oh，myboy，myboy!"
Herhusbandstruckamatdlitthedle。"Getbacktobed，"hesaid，unsteadily。"Youdon'tknowwhaty。"
"Wehadthefirstwishgra;saidtheoldwoman，feverishly，"whynotthesed。"
"Aeredtheoldman。
"Goaandwish，"criedtheoldwomahext。
Theoldmanturnedandregardedher，andhisvoiceshook。"Hehasbeeendays，andbesideshe—Iwouldnottellyouelse，but—Ilyrebyhisg。Ifhewastooterribleforyoutoseethen，hownow?"
&quhimback，"criedtheoldwoman，aowardthedoor。"DoyouthihechildIhave;
&downinthedarkness，ahiswaytotheparlour，ahemaalismanwasinitspladahorriblefearthattheunspokenwishmightbringhismutilatedsonbeforehimerehecouldestheroomseizeduponhim，ahisbreathashefouthedireofthedoor。Hisbroeat，hefelthiswayrouable，ahewalluntilhefouhesmallpassagewiththeuhinginhishand。
Evenhiswife'sfaceseemedgedasheewasedtohisfearsseemedtohaveanunnaturallookuponit。Hewasafraidofher。