Ethan Frome Page #2

It was warmest there, Ethan said.

The door to the rest of the

house he kept closed, so...

then you don't know anything, reverend.

You can't.

I try to go out there once or twice a year.

Maybe the time's come 'round again.

Maybe we should go together.

Zeena and Ethan are distant cousins.

She grew up in a town...

I forget which one.

It's... it's a good ways

from here.

And she was sent for

to take care of Ethan's mother.

And then, after some time,

his mother died.

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes,

dust to dust,

in sure and certain hope

of the resurrection unto eternal life

through our lord Jesus Christ.

What were you, studying at, Hartford, Ethan?

Engineering.

I didn't get that far yet

in my studies, but,

people have said already they can

see I've got the feel for it.

But, I only just started,

and now mother...

she got ill and I come home,

but everyone says it's...

it's there waiting for me.

Wish I could have helped you more, zeena,

but you seem to be doing just fine.

I'm sure Ethan would want

to say how grateful he is

that you could come.

His mama would have been grateful, too.

Let me.

Then you're gonna sell the farm, Ethan?

Yep, I'm gonna sell the farm.

I plan to move out west.

Or Florida, maybe.

You don't have to leave yet.

You can stay for...

I came to take care of your mother, Ethan.

That's all my family expected.

My work is finished.

Would you like something?

I'll bet you didn't have

anything to eat yourself.

I'll make your supper in a minute, Ethan.

I w... I wasn't saying...

I'm not hungry.

I can't see how you could be

after all the pie I saw you eating.

Sit down if you'd like.

Make me nervous, darting around like that.

You can sit on the bed.

Move some things over.

Careful.

I'll do it.

You just sit there.

Let me do that.

You should have asked me.

You could have hurt yourself.

It's stuck.

Well, don't hurt yourself.

I think zeena Pierce

had been noticing Ethan frome

for more than just that one afternoon.

He was a big, strong man,

and he was going to need someone sometime

to do the work his mama had been doing.

And if there's one thing every

woman looks for in a man...

it's to be needed.

Your breakfast will get cold.

I'll...

I'll bring it down later.

She never did leave.

Maybe they shouldn't have stayed together.

Maybe if it had been spring,

it might have been different.

But it was winter.

Watch the ice!

So they married.

Wh-o-o-o-oa!

The big tree there on this hill

where they're coasting...

right after, they wanted to cut it down,

but they never did.

That's where it happened.

What happened?

I hate showing you this.

After five winters had passed,

Ethan found himself with a wife

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