strength, and the doctor had strictly ordered her not to get up for at least a few weeks. But the doctor’s words meant nothing in her home.

The door slammed and the husband stormed into the bedroom. He was angry and irritated.

— “Take off the bandages and get to the kitchen!” he said. “My mother and sister have arrived, make something for them. What kind of housewife are you, just lying here doing nothing.”

— “But you know I can’t get up. Maybe you could make something yourself, I’m really in pain.”