他65岁，他的妻子66，

He was 65, his wife was 66, had

有老年痴呆症。

Alzheimer's disease

他的嘴

He had cancer of the mouth

患了癌症。

There were operations, radiation

做过

Treatments which decayed the bones in his

手术，放射

Jaw which then had to be

治疗

Wired daily he put his wife in

这毁了他的

Rubber diapers like a

下颔骨

Baby

所以不得不用金属丝

将下巴固定。

Unable to drive in his condition

He had to take a taxi to the medical

每天，他把妻子放进

Center, Had difficulty speaking

橡皮尿布

Had to write the directions

就像

Down

对待一个孩子。

On his last visit they informed him

他的身体条件

There would be another operation: a bit more

不允许开车

Left cheek and a bit more

他不得不乘出租车

Tongue

去医疗

中心，

When he returned he changed his wife's

说话有困难，

Diapers put on the tv

只好

Dinners, watched the evening news

把路线

Then went to the bedroom, got the

写下来。

Gun, put it to her temple, fired

She fell to the left, he sat upon the

回来后

Couch put the gun into his

他给妻子

Mouth, pulled the trigger

换尿布

打开电视

The shots didn't arouse the neighbors

晚餐

看晚间新闻

Later the burning tv dinners

然后进卧室，拿起

Did

枪，对准她的

太阳穴，开枪。

Somebody arrived, pushed the door open, saw

It

她倒向

左边，他坐在

Soon the police arrived and

沙发上

Went through their routine, found

拿起枪

Some items:

放进嘴里，扣动了

扳机。

A closed savings account and

A checkbook with a balance of

枪声没有唤醒

$114 suicide, they

邻居们。

Deduced in three weeks

There were two new tenants:

后来

A computer engineer named

燃烧的盒装电视便餐

Ross and his wife

唤醒了他们。

Anatana who studied

Ballet

有人来了，把门

推开，

They looked like another upwardly mobile

看见了。

Pair

很快

警察来了

例行公事

发现了

这些东西：

一个已没用的

存折

一本支票簿

余额

1.14美元

自杀，他们

推断。

不到三星期

来了两个

新房客：

名叫

罗斯的

计算机工程师

和他的妻子

学芭蕾的

阿纳塔娜

他们看起来像是

积极进取的

又一对。