笼子里的:女人

简介

　　The l+ady is Mrs. Hilyard, a weal^thy poetess who lives in a th?)ree-story$`; 
 city (?man!@ s@ion an..d ]#*he r,/( cage is_ h= +er elevator, w:hic%h  s-tops a; doze_ n feet shor
*t of the(*- _ main floor due to an electrical failure on a [,July )- 4th we^eke(nd. She ri!ng )#s her ou#/tsi;$de al(`!arm, eventually n]/!o$
]ticed by a drunken d:erelict, who b
.reaks in+()
to #the$ ; house, ignor!es her pli;* ght;! and h+elps himsel+,
f t /`o various items and+
alcohol. !He leaves with his lo$/ `ot bu`_t [) returns a while \`later^ `
with %a plump prostitute and thr#ee t]eenage hoodlums, w\ho ,;@p`r
]oceed to `
terr`or_ize Mrs. Hi;]ly:#ard as t hey wr,*
ec %
k- her home.