The story of an hour 를 읽고 있는데 첫 문장에

 

great care was taken to break to her (as gently as possible) the news of her husband's death.

 

에서

break the news to sb ~에게 안 좋은 소식을 알리다 인데

 

왜 break the new of her husband's death to her 순으로 안 쓰인 건가요?