I wanted to be brave, but it was hard. I always feel safer upstairs than in that huge, silent house;
when I'm alone with those mysterious muffled sounds from upstairs and the honking of horns in the street,
I have to hurry and remind myself where I am to keep from getting the shivers.
Miep has been acting much nicer toward us since her talk with Father. But I haven't told you about that yet.
Miep came up one afternoon all flushed and asked Father straight out
if we thought they too were infected with the current anti-Semitism.
Father was stunned and quickly talked her out of the idea, but some of Miep's suspicion has lingered on.
They're doing more errands for us now and showing more of an interest in our troubles,
though we certainly shouldn't bother them with our woes. Oh, they're such good, noble people!
I've asked myself again and again whether it wouldn't have been better if we hadn't gone into hiding,
if we were dead now and didn't have to go through this misery, especially so that the others could be spared the burden.
But we all shrink from this thought. We still love life,
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