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第100节
avesteppedbeyondtheregion
akesitdesirabletopossess;
tolove;tostruggleandyetherlancholybrought
heoserenityshestillheardthevoices
sheentedbydesiressheobebeyond
theirrangesheentlyenoughthat
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virginiawoolf
sheuldfindherselfdrivingrapidlythroughthestreets;
sheeoneera
ntsgroping;tookadefiniteshapeandsolidified
intothepersonofrydatchetshedrehecurtainsso
thatthedraperiestindeepfoldsintheddleofthe
window
“ah;theresheis;”saidhilbery;anding
ssidetoside;hhisbacktothe
fire“ehere;katharineiuldntseewhereyoud
gottoourchildren;”heobservedparenthetically;“have
theirusesiystudy;katharine;go
tothethirdshelfontherighthandsideofthedoor;take
doe
then;peyton;youittotheasseled
panythatyouhavebeenstaken”
“trelaionsofshelleythethirdshelfon
therightofthedoor;”katharinerepeatedafterall;one
doesnotcheckchildrenintheirplay;orrousesleepers
froheirdreashepassedandcassandraon
herothedoor
“stop;katharine;”said;speakingalstasifhe
ego”herose;
afterasendshesitation;andsheunderstoodthatitst
hineffortshekneltonekneeuponthesofawhere
cassandrasat;lookingdoherusinsface;ill
vedhthespeedofshehadbeensaying
“areyouhappy”sheasked
“oh;dear”cassandraexclaid;asifnofurther
every
subjectunderthesun;”sheexclaid;“butithinkhes
theost
beautifulan;”sheadded;lookingatkatharine;and
asshelookedherfaationandbeca
alstlanpathyelancholy;
edtocassandrathelastrefinentof
herdistinction
“ah;butitsonlytenoclock;”saidkatharinedarkly
“aslateasthatunderstand
“attyhorsestuintoratsandoffigothe
illusionfadesbutiacceptfateikehayhe
sunshines”cassandralookedatherhapuzzledexpression
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nightandday
“hereskatharialkingaboutrats;andhay;andall
sortsofoddthings;”shesaid;asretuedto
thehehadbeenquiakeherout”
katharineperceivedfroislittlefroation
thathedidnotfindthatpartitohis
tasteatpresentshestooduprightatonceandsaidina
differenttone:
“ireallyaff;thoughihey
sayanything;ishantbelate;butivegottosee
soone”
“atthistiofnight”cassandraexclaid
“haveyougottosee”dended
“afriend;”shererked;halftuingherheadtowards
hisheknehatheostay;not;indeed;
;butintheieighborhood;incaseofneed
“katharinehasagreatnyfriends;”saidrather
laly;sittingdoore;askatharinelefttheroo
sheo
drive;throughthelalitstreetsshelikedbothlight
andspeed;andthesenseofbeingoutofdoorsalone;
andtheknoaryinherhigh;
lonelyroottheendofthedriveshecliedthe
stonestepsquickly;rerkingthequeerlookofherblue
silkskirtandblueshoesuponthestone;dustyhthe
bootsoftheday;underthelightofanoccasionaljetof
flickeringgas
thedooraryherself;whose
faceshoonlysurpriseatthesightofhervisitor;
butsodegreeofearrassntshegreetedherrdially;
and;asthereeforexplanations;
katharine;andfound
herselfinthepresenanwhowaslying
backinachairandholdingasheetofpaperinhishand;
atdiately
iddleofsayingtory
datchettheapparitionofanunknownladyinfullevening
dressseedtodisturbhihetookhispipefrois
uth;rosestiffly;andsatdohajerk
“haveyoubeendiningout”ryasked
“areyouultaneously
theyoungnshookhishead;asifhedisownedhis
shareinthequestioneirritation
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virginiawoolf
“aryreplied“basthad
broughtsopaperstoshoewehrough
thebutostdonetellusaboutyourparty”
ryhadaruffledappearance;asifshehadbeenrunning
herfingersthroughherhairintheurseofher
nversation;sheoreorlesslikearussian
peasantgirlshesatdohairhlooked
asifithadbeenherseatforsohours;thesaucer
ntainedtheashesofny
anhafresh
plexionandahighforeheadfroehairwas
bedstraightback;hatgroupof“very
ableyoungn”suspectedbyclacton;justlyasit
tuedout;ofaninfluenarydatchethehad
edooneoftheuniversitiesnotlongago;
andationofsocietyin
nnectionhtherestofthegroupofveryableyoung
nhehaddraefortheeducationoflabor;
forthealgationoftheddleclassandthe
assaultofthetwobodies;
binedinthesoocracy;
uponcapitaltheschehadalreadyreachedthestage
inissibletohireanofficeandengage
asecretary;andhehadbeendeputedtoexpoundthe
sakeheranofferofthesecretaryship;
toatterofprinciple;asllsalary
tachedsincesevenoclockthateveninghehad
beenreadingoutloudthedocuntinhefaithof
theneersthereadingwas
sofrequentlyinterruptedbydiscussion;anditwasso
oftennery“instrictestnfidence”
oftheprivatecharactersandevildesignsofcertainindividuals
andsocietiesthattheyillonlyhalfway
throughthenusrealizedthat
thetalkhadalreadylastedthreehoursintheirabsorption
theyhadforgotteneventofeedthefire;a
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第101节
ndyet
bothbastinhisexposition;andryinherinterrogation;
alitycalculated
toanndforirrelevant
disi
tounderstand”andhisrepliesinvariablyrepresented
thevieeonecalled“we”
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nightandday
bythistiryostpersuadedthatshe;too;
rbastin
believingthat“our”viey;“our”policy;
stoodforsothingquitedefinitelysegregatedfrohe
inbodyofsoination
theappearanospherewas
extrelyinngruous;andhadtheeffeakingry
reerallsortsofthingsthatshehadbeengladto
forget
“youvebeendiningout”sheaskedagain;looking;
ile;atthebluesilkandthepearlsewn
shoes
“no;athoareyoustartingsothingnew”
katharinehazarded;ratherhesitatingly;lookingatthe
papers
“ore
“ihinkingofleavingourfriendsinrussellsquare;”
ryexplained
“iseeandthenyouethingelse”
“afraidilikeary
“afraid;”saidbast;nveyingtheiression
that;inhisopinion;nosensiblepersonuldbeafraid
oflikingtowork
“yes;”saidk