Daily puzzle

Put Regret back in order

Seven beats from our edition of Regret by Kate Chopin, shuffled. Drag them, or use the arrows, until the story runs straight. No account, no streak to lose.

  1. A settled woman Mamzelle Aurelie lives alone at fifty, content and never regretting her refusal of marriage long ago.
  2. The children arrive Neighbor Odile, called to a dying mother, leaves her four small children in Mamzelle Aurelie's reluctant charge.
  3. Bewilderment Unused to children, she manages them at first with the brisk authority she applies to her farm.
  4. Learning to love Over two weeks she learns their habits and tenderness, and the children fill her solitary days.
  5. Odile returns The mother comes back suddenly and sweeps the children home in a flurry of reunion and joy.
  6. The silent house The farm goes abruptly quiet and disordered, the children's absence pressing in as dusk gathers.
  7. She wept Standing alone, Mamzelle Aurelie covers her face with her apron and weeps with deep, broken sobs of regret.