Essay: ON SUICIDE

She took another sip of gin and finished the note to Tom. "And remember, I will always love you—Helen." Below her signature she scrawled, "Don't forget to give Dick his vitamins," and her eyes welled with tears at the thought of how sorry they would be and how sad it all was. Then she pinned the note carefully to her black cocktail dress, took a handful of pills, turned on all the lights, and composed herself on the sofa. As the darkness swept over her, she was thinking: "What if he has to work...

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