The Tears of the Gentleman

Today it has been raining all day long in Singapore.
In fear of the unbearable noise of thunders, my doggy, Richie, jumped in my bed while I was taking a nap. Then, being distracted, I woke up and started remembering one scenery in the afternoon in London. 
Approximately three decades ago, I lived in Pimlico, famous for Tate’s Gallary, and had a kindergarten where Princess Diana worked.
Pimlico is a convenient place for visitors as it is next to Victoria station and has many B&B and Bedsit.
Pasir (I) lived in a bedsit, and my room was on the ground floor facing the street. Thus, I could see pedestrians well from the window.
There was a private clinic in the vicinity of my place, and some patients often passed by my window. Some of them seemed to have been hospitalized and made it rules to walk around there for their rehabilitation.
It did not take a long time before I recognized an old couple to plunge into walking every morning and evening.
While the husband was fine, the wife was feeble and rehabilitating with a walking aid.
The husband looked just as the protocol image of “a British gentleman.”
He always wore shining pair of shoes and was in sophisticated attire without fail.
This old couple probably drove my attention because the man was always talking to his wife cheerfully in relatively a loud voice.
At first, I considered it the man was encouraging his wife to walk for her rehabilitation.
Nevertheless, the case was much more complicated than I had thought.
As time went by, I realized the wife had no facial expression!.
Further, she remained silent even though her husband consistently talked to her all the time.
Presumably, the wife was dementia.
Day after day, the husband accompanied her with a loud voice; however,  I witnessed the man was crying while walking with his wife one day.
He stuttered, and his face was miserable with tears.
I supposed the man’s talking to his wife brightly in a loud voice was not for his wife but to himself as a yell so as not to break down.

＊上記は2015年12月10日付けのブログをNote用に英語翻訳してみました。 "シンガポールで追記憶～パシールの不思議体験"より「ジェントルマンの涙」日本語版https://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/mariahaichi/diary/201512090000/

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