
Is it true, as
Momus
suggests, that there are "few tales which would not be improved by the
addition of the phrase 'suddenly, a shot rang out'"? Decide for
yourself as we alter the opening lines of . . .
THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin
A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: "Suddenly, a shot rang out."