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第106节
ll;andinence;so
feapotofcrinkledchina;orabronzehorse
rearedsohighthatthestuofatreehadtosustainhis
forequarterstheilylifeseedtoriseand
unchedinsilence
atlengthsdenhaookedupfroerteacupsand
rerked:
“yousee;sshilbery;childrenalleinatdifferent
hoursanddifferentthingsthetrayshould
goupifyouvedone;johnnieboycharlesisinbed
haldelsecanyouexpectstandinginthe
tea;butit
didntdo”
aboyofsixteen;bled
derisivelybothatthenotionofdrateaandat
thenecessityofcarryingatrayuptohisbrotherbuthe
tookhielfoff;beingenjoinedbyhisthertond
“itschnicerlikethis;”saidkatharine;applyingherself
inationtothedissectionofhercake;
theyhadgivenhertoolargeasliceshekners
denhauspectedherofcriticalparisonssheknew
thatsheakingpoorprogressrs
denhaadlookedathersuffiakeit
cleartokatharihatshehisyoung
anhertoteah
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nightandday
thethere
hadprobablyreachedbythistioutwardly;shewas
behavinghratherrustyandlaboriouscivilityshewas
kingnversationabouttheanitiesofhighgate;
itsdevelopntandsituation
“arried;”shesaid;“highgatee
separatefroondon;sshilbery;andthishouse;
thoughyoubelieveit;hadaviehards
thatiddletonsbuilttheirhouse
infrontofus”
“itstbeagreatadvantagetoliveatthetopofa
hill;”saidkatharinesdenhagreedeffusively;asif
heropinionofkatharinessensehadrisen
“yes;indeed;veryhealthy;”shesaid;andshe
on;aspeoplehesuburbssooftendo;
toprovethatitorenvenient;andless
spoiltthananysuburbroundlondonshespokeh
suchehasisthatiteobviousthatsheexpressed
unpopularviehatherchildrendisagreed
hher
“theceilingsfallendohepantryagain;”said
hester;agirlofeighteen;abruptly
“thehesedays;”
jasttered
“nonsense;”saidsdenha“itsonlyalittlebitof
plasteridontseehoedto
standtheefaly
jokeexploded;harineuldnotfolloweven
sdenhaaughedagainstherwill
“sshilberysthinkingusallsorude;”sheaddedreprovingly
sshilberysledandshookherhead;and
anyeyesresteduponher;
forant;asiftheyussing
herothiscritical
glance;katharinedecidedthatralphdenhafaly
nplace;unshapely;lackingincharand
fitlyexpressedbythehideousnatureoftheirfuiture
andderationssheglanantelpieceranged
ents
thatherfacetiousoreccentric
shedidnotapplyherjudgntnsciouslytoralph;
but;antlater;sherated
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virginiawoolf
hioeoftheiracquaintanceship
hehaddenoefforttotideoverthedisfortsof
herintroduction;andnoenthhis
brother;apparentlyforgotherpresenceshesthave
unteduponhissupportrethansherealized;for
thisindifference;ehasized;asitheinsignificant
nplaceofhissurroundings;a
onlytothatugliness;buttoherohought
ofonesceneafteranotherinafehthat
shudderostablushshehadbelievedhibr 》
ual
lightbuingsteadilyandsteadfastlybehindthe
erraticdisorderandinherenceoflifethelightwas
no;suddenly;asifaspongehadblottedit
thelitterofthetableandthetediousbutexactingnversation
ofsdenhaeined:theystruck;indeed;
uponandbereftofalldefences;and;keenlynscious
ofthedegradationheresultofstrifeher
viilyofherloneliness;
oflifesfutility;ofthebarrenproseofreality;of
rodney;ofherther;andtheunfinishedbook
heransorytothe
vergeofrudeness;andtoralph;chedhearrowly;
sheseedfurtherapatibleh
herphysicalclosenessheglancedather;andgroundout
furtherstepsinhisargunt;deteedthatnofolly
shouldreinont;
asilence;suddenandplete;descendedupon
thellthesilenceofallthesepeopleroundtheuntidy
tableousandhideous;sothinghorrible
seedabouttoburstfrot;buttheyendureditobstinately
asendlaterthedooropenedandtherewasa
stirofrelief;criesof“hullo;joantheresnothingleft
foryoutoeat;”brokeuptheoppressivencentrationof
sonyeyesuponthetablecloth;andsettheersof
falylifedashinginbrisklittlewas
obviousthatjoanhadsosteriousandbeneficent
poilysheuptokatharineasif
shehadheardofher;andoseeheratlast
sheexplainedthatshehadbeenvisitinganunclewho
hathadkeptheo;shehadnthadany
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nightandday
tea;butasliceofbreadeonehandedupa
hotcake;inthefender;
shesatdoothersside;sdenhaanxieties
seedtorelax;andeveryonebeganeatingand
drinking;asifteahadbegunoveragainhestervoluntarily
explainedtokatharihatsheopass
soexanation;becausesheorethananything
inthe
“noehearyoudeclineailove;”
johnniedended
“no;johnnie;nogreekataltis;”saidjoan;overhearing
hinstantly“shesupatallhoursofthenight
overherbooks;sshilbery;andiurethatsnotthe
inations;”sheilingat
katharine;oroussleoftheelder
sistere
alstlikechildrenofherown
“joan;youdontreall
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第107节
ythinkthataisgreek”ralph
asked
“didisaygreekindnodeadlanguagesatteati
dearboy;donttroubletokeanytoast”
“orifyoudo;surelytheresthetoastingforksowhere”
saidsdenhastillcherishingthebeliefthatthebreadknife
uldbespoilt“dooneofyouringandaskforone;”
shesaid;houtanynvictionthatshewouldbeobeyed
“butisanningtobehunclejoseph”shentinued
“ifso;surelytheyhadbettersendatous”and
inthesteriousdelightofleaingfurtherdetailsofthese
arrangents;andsuggestingresensibleplansofher
otheaggrievedhshespoke;
shedidnotseeoexpersdenhabr 》
pletelyforgotthepresenceofaor;
edabouttheanitiesofhighgate
assoonasjoanhadtakenherseat;anargunthad
sprunguponeithersideofkatharine;astoherthe
salvationarhasanyrighttoplayhysatstreeters
onsundayings;therebykingitiossiblefor
jastohavehissleepout;andtaeringhtherights
ofindividualliberty
“yousee;jaslikestolieinbedandsleeplikea