In the last lines of the story, the author wrote, If it kills me, it kills me.' The narrator suggested, ‘ Well, let's risk it, shall we?'
The narrator asked Luise about her attitude to this proposal and she answered, ' she can marry her young man tomorrow if she likes. He asked her to marry him but she refused because she decided that she needed to care for her mother. Next time the narrator met Luise in London. She said that she was there on business related to the hospital. The narrator met her by chance in Paris at the Ritz with a tall, handsome young Frenchman. In order to ease her mind, Luise turned her villa at Monte Carlo into a hospital for convalescent officers. When the war started, he rejoined the army again and a few months later, he was killed in the First World War. The narrator asserted that because of it, George allowed his wife " to go beautifully dressed to all the most lively parties, to gamble very heavily, to dance and even to flirt with tall slim young men." Meanwhile, George braces himself with a stiff drink. He was an officer who resigned because of his intentions to care about his poor wife who suffered from heart disease. He left Louise with the fortune and a daughter, Iris.Ī year after Tom's death Luisa accepted a proposal to marry from George Hobhouse. According to the narrator, while they were sailing Tom cared only about keeping Louise warm and didn't think about himself.
Tom shook his head and answered that the best heart specialists in the world concluded that her life hung by a thread. Once the narrator said to Tom that Louse might be not so weak as it seemed. Meanwhile, the narrator noticed she might walk for few miles, she might dance all night. Tom promised to do everything for Louise, he gave up gambling and hunting for the sake of her. But Tom was rich and they were not well off, so eventually they agreed to the marriage. When Tom Maitland proposed marriage, they were dismayed because they thought that the role of wife was difficult, given her poor health. Her parents cared about her very strongly, as the narrator said, they " worshipped her with an anxious adoration" because she had a weak heart. The narrator spoke about his acquaintance - Louise, the young girl in the beginning of the story and an old lady in the end. The short story 'Louise' by William Somerset Maugham was written in an ironic style.
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