Outside, the bus made a lot of noise, clearly not anxious to be moving; Miss Harper thought she could already hear the tiring sound of its springs sinking out of shape. I just can't make this
trip again. Miss Harper thought; even seeing Stephanie isn't worth it; they really go out of their way to make you uncomfortable. “Can I get my ticket, please?” she said sharply and the old man at the other end of the counter put down his paper and gave her a look of hate.
Miss Harper ordered her ticket, expressing her displeasure and the old man threw it down on the counter in front of her and said, “You got three minutes before the bus leaves.”
He'd love to tell me I missed it, Miss Harper thought, and made a point of counting her change.
The rain was beating down, and Miss Harper hurried the few steps to the door of the bus. The driver was slow in opening the door, and as Miss Harper climbed in she was thinking: Sir, I shall never travel with your company again. Your ticket salesmen are ugly, your drivers are unfriendly,
your buses are too dirty…
There were already several people sitting in the bus, and Miss Harper wondered where they could possibly be going; were there really this many small towns served only by this bus? Were there really other people who would stand this kind of trip to get somewhere, even home? I'm_very_out_of_sorts,_Miss Harper thought; it's too tough a visit for a woman of my age; I need to get home. She thought of a hot bath and a cup of tea and her own bed, and sighed. No one offered to help her put her suitcase on the rack(行李架)and she glanced over her shoulder at the driver sitting with his back turned and thought: He'd probably rather put me off the bus than help me; and then, noticing her own ill nature, she smiled. The bus company might write a letter of complaint about me, she told herself and felt better. She had happily taken a sleeping pill before leaving for the bus station, hoping to sleep through as much of the trip as possible and at last, sitting near the back, she promised herself that it would not be unbearably long before she had a bath and a cup of tea and tried to create the bus company's response to her letter of complaint. Madam, a lady of your experience and advanced age ought surely to be aware of the problems facing a poor but honest little company which wants only…
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