The story of A family is about George who is long time to
not meet his bestfriend, Simon. Simon is George friend since fifteen year ago.
They are very close friend who knows one’s thought, with whom one passes long,
quiet, happy evenings, to whom one tells one’s secret love affairs, and who
seems to draw out those rare. After Simon suddenly married silently, he married
with the girl he just knew for awhile who had come to Paris in search of a
husband. That girl is not too pretty as well as he want. He can’t imagine how
Simon look after fifteen years he didnt meet. Is it Simon look still lively,
witty, light-hearted and enthusiastic. A man may change greetly in the course
of fifteen years. One day, they decide to meet and George was shocked when
someone called him but he didn’t know who he is. Then a man rushed up to me
with open arms and George was like astonishment and greeting him. Simon asked
George what had he expect him and George trying to dicovered at the Simon face.
There is no longer saw the same expression in the Simon’s eyes. From the Simon’s
eyes George saw a lot of happiness and friendship but at the other side they
had not that cear, intelligent expression which shows as much as words the
brightness of the intelect. Suddenly there have a little girl and boy beside
Simon, then he introduced them to George as his children. George feel so
awkward in that moment then he told that he have three more at home. Simon said
this in a prod, self-satisfied, almost triumphant manner. Before they arrive at
Simon’s house, they set off through the town, a dull, sleepy, gloomy town where
nothing was moving except a few dogs. Then George reach at Simon’s house which
look like a chateau. Suddenly a lady appeared on the steps, dressed for company
and Simon introduced that lady is his wife. A girl George had seen in church fifteen
years ago, but astout lady in curls and flounces one of those ladies of
uncertain age. In short, she was a mother, a commonplace mother. When he
entered the house, he directly saw an old man in the drawing room, the Simon
told that he was his grandfather. The old man tried to greeting George and he
waved his hand. Simon said to George that he made his grandfather laugh because
he is a treasure, that old man, he is delight of the children. Then Simon told
to George his grandfather so greedy that he almost killd himself at every meal,
George have no idea what he would eat if he were allowed to do as he pleased. Sa
after Simon saud that, George go to his room for change his dress for dinner
and hearing a great clatter behind he on the stairs. Suddenly when the bell
rang, it was for dinner so George went downstairs , Simon’s grandfather, Madame
Radevin took George arm in ceremonious manner then Madam Radevin gave a greedy
and curious look at the dessert, and he turned his shaking head with
difficultly from one dish to other. Madame Radevin wants more meal to eat,
George asked to give whatever he want but Simon didn’t allowed him to give to
his grandfather for his health. Madame Radevin cannot eat too much because he
sick. After the dinner over, they had played cards for a long time, then George
go to his bed room and look at the window thinking about how come his friend,
Simon have five children and snouring my the side of his ugly wife.
Amalina Dahlan,
