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katharineisshee;that
infoolish;nervousstateidreadedsothing;idont
quiteknoehoerall;
shehaddeuphedshehadtensheexpected
hiorrofirstigladatallididnt
arryanyone;butwill
kenodifferenceishallalher
st;thenisaoldhershe
stgivehiverything;everything;everythingitold
herishouldbethankfultoesendbutwhy;when
everythingstuedoutjustasonealwould
tuout;hencanonedonothingbutcry;nothing
butfeeladesolateoldanwhoselifesbeenafailure;
andnokatharine
saidto;iaappyieryhappyandtheni
thought;thoughitallseedsodesperatelydislat
theti;katharinehadsaidshewashappy;andishould
haveason;andituchrewonderfully
thaniuldpossiblyigine;forthoughthe
sesdontsayso;idobelievetheeantfor
ustobehappyinshetoldthattheye
nearus;andseeuseveryday;andsheh
thelife;andeantto
and;afterall;itorehorridifshedidnt
rryorsupposesherriedsoone
enduresupposeshehadfalleninloveeone
arriedalready
“andthoughoneneverthinksanyonegoodenoughfor
thepeopleonesfondof;hehasthekindest;truestinstincts;
iure;andthoughheseenervousandhis
nnerisnotnding;ionlythinkthesethings
becauseitskatharineandnoes
overthat;ofurse;alltheti;katharinehas
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nightandday
hehasntshedoesnd;sheisntnervous;ites
naturallytohertoruleandntrolitstithatshe
shouldgiveallthistosoonehen
there;saveinourspirits;foreverpeople
say;iureishallebacktothiswonderfulworld
iserable;where;even
notoseeselfstretyhandsfor
anotherpresentfrohegreatfairytreewhoseboughs
arestillhunghenchantingtoys;thoughtheyarerarer
nohebranchesoneseesno
longerthebluesky;butthestarsandthetopsof
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第40节
the
untains
“onedoesntknoore;doesoneonehasntany
advicetogiveoneschildrenonecanonlyhopethat
theyevisionandthesapoo
believe;eaninglessthat
isiaskforkatharineandherhusband”
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ishilberyatho;orshilbery”denhasked;
oftheparloridinchelsea;aer
“no;sirbutsshilberyisatho;”thegirlanswered
ralphhadanticipatednyansnotthisone;
andnoadeplaintohihatit
alltheochelseaonpretenceofseeingherfather
hedesoshoatter;andwas
takenupstairstothedraasuponthatfirst
oehedoorclosedasifitwerea
thousanddoorssoftlyexcludingtheore
ralphrefullofdeepshadows;
firelight;unes;andety
spacestobecrossedbeforereachingtheroundtablein
theddleoftheroohitsfrailburdenofsilver
traysandchinateacupsbutthistikatharinehere
byherself;thevoluinherhandshohatsheexpected
novisitors
ralphsaidsothingabouthopingtofindherfather
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“fatherisout;”shereplied“butifyoucan;i
expecthioon”
itghthavebeenduerelytopoliteness;butralph
feltthatshereceivedhilsthrdialityperhaps
sheeaandreadingabookall
alone;atanyrate;shetossedthebookontoasofah
agestureofrelief
“isthatoneofthedesyoudespise”he
asked;slingatthecarelessnessofhergesture
“yes;”shereplied“ithinkevenyou”
“eveni”herepeated“whyeveni”
“yousaidyoulikeddethings;isaidihatedthe”
thisaveryaccuratereportoftheiversation
angtherelics;perhaps;butralphtered
tothinkthatshereeredanythingaboutit
“ordidinfessthatihatedallbooks”sheon;
seeinghiookuphanairofinquiry“iforget”
“doyouhateallbooks”heasked
“itosaythatihateallbookswhen
iveonlyreadten;perhaps;buthereshepulledherself
upshort
“well”
“yes;idohatebooks;”shentinued“whydoyou
tobeforevertalkingaboutyourfeelingsthats
akeoutandpoetrysallaboutfeelings
novelsareallaboutfeelings”
shecutacakevigorouslyintoslices;andprovidinga
trayrshilbery;whowasin
herrooald;sherosetogoupstairs
ralphheldthedooropenforher;andthenstoodh
hiseyeswere
bright;and;indeed;hescarcelyknehertheybeheld
dreaorrealitiesalldohestreetandonthe
doorstep;andountedthestairs;hisdreaf
katharinepossessedhionthethresholdoftheroobr 》
hehaddisssedit;inordertopreventtoopainfula
llisionbettofherandshe
inutesshehadfilledtheshellofthe
olddreathefleshoflife;lookedhfireoutof
phantoyesheglanent
atfindinghielfangherchairsandtables;theywere
solid;forhegraspedthebackofthechairinh
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nightandday
katharinehadsat;andyettheyosphere
hesuonedallthefaculties
ofhisspirittoseizeinuteshadtogive
hiandfrohedepthsofhisndthereroseunchecked
ajoyfulregnitionofthetruththathunnaturesurpasses;
initsbeauty;allthatoursbringus
hintsof
katharineantlaterhestood
eto;andthoughtherre
beautifulandstrangethanhisdreafher;forthereal
katharineuldspeaktheedtocrowd
behindtheforeheadandinthedepthsoftheeyes;and
thenestsentencehis
iortallightandsheoverflo;
hererkedthathersoftnessevast
snoorearubyonherfinger
“theretotellyou;”shesaid;“thatshe
hopesyouhavebegunyourpoeshesayseveryone
oughttoyrelationsepoetry;”
sheetis
because;ofurse;itsnoneofitanygoodbutthenone
needntreadit”
“youdontenurageto;”saidralph
“butyourenotapoet;too;areyou”sheinquired;
tuinguponhialaugh
“shoulditellyouifiwere”
“yesbecauseithinkyouspeakthetruth;”shesaid;
searchinghiorproofofthisapparently;heyesnow
alstiersonallydirectitwouldbeeasy;ralph
thought;tooved;andyetofso
straightanature;easytosubtrecklesslytoher;hout
thoughtoffuturepain
“areyouapoet”shedendedhefeltthatherquestion
hadanunexplainedeaningbehindit;as
ifshesoughtanansoaquestionthatshedidnot
ask
“noihaventtenanypoetryforyears;”hereplied
“butallthesa;idontagreehyouithinkitsthe
onlythinghdoing”
“ostpatience;
tappingherspoontesagainstthe
sideofhercup
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“hefirste
tond“because;isuppose;itkeepsanidealaliveh