Daily puzzle

Put The Story of an Hour back in order

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

  1. The news, broken gently Josephine and Richards tell Louise of the railroad disaster, mindful of her heart.
  2. Grief, then retreat Louise weeps with sudden abandon, then goes alone to her upstairs room and an open window.
  3. The thing approaching A feeling creeps toward her out of the spring sky. She tries to beat it back, then stops resisting.
  4. "Free, free, free!" She names it. She sees years that belong to her alone and welcomes them, body and soul.
  5. Descending in triumph She opens the door to Josephine and walks downstairs like a goddess of victory.
  6. Brently walks in Her husband enters, alive. The vision of freedom is gone in an instant.
  7. "Joy that kills" Louise dies. The doctors misread the cause entirely.