9.There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it，fearfully。What was it？She did not know it was too subtle and elusive to name。But she felt it，creeping out of the sky，reaching toward her through the sounds，the scents，the color that filled the air。
exhaustion：n。筋疲力盡
haunt：v。常（在腦中）出現
be aquiver with：因……而興奮顫抖
peddler：n。小商販
wares：n。商品
twitter：v。鳥兒嘰嘰喳喳叫
eaves：n。屋簷
sob：n。嗚咽，哭泣
bespeak：v。說明，指示
repression：n。壓抑力
gaze：n。凝視
yonder：adv。遠處，那邊
reflection：n。沉思
suspension：n。懸而未決
subtle：adj。微妙的
elusive：adj。微妙的
creep out：不知不覺中顯現出來
scent：n。氣味
10.Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously。She was beginningto recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her，and she was striving to beat it back with her will—as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been。
11.When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escapedher slightly parted lips。She said it over and over under the breath：“free，free，free！”Thevacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes。Theystayed keen and bright。Her pulses beat fast，and the coursing blood warmed andrelaxed every inch of her body。
評注：從第8段至第11段，作者細致地描繪出女主人公“意識覺醒”的過程。從開始對自己情感的模糊不清，到最終認識到自己對自由的渴望和追求。丈夫的死訊對於女主人公來說有了另外一層更重要的意義。文中的藍天、白雲都具有一定的象征意義。
12.She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her。A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the suggestion as trivial。
13.She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind，tender hands folded in death the face that had never looked save with love upon her，fixed and gray and dead。But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely。And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome。
14.There would be no one to live for during those coming years she would livefor herself。There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private willupon a fellow-creature。A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination。
15.And yet she had loved him—sometimes。Often she had not。What did it matter！What could love，the unsolved mystery，count for in the face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being！
16.“Free！Body and soul free！”she kept whispering。
bosom：n。胸，胸部
tumultuously：adv。激動地
strive to do sth。：努力做某事
monstrous：adj。怪異的，荒謬的
exalted：adj。興奮的