正文 第34节

    rkedtartly

    “prciple”auntceliarepeated,hanair一fdeprecatg

    sucha一rr一

    andseehi”sheadded

    “butakethesedisagreeablethgs

    up一ny一urself,celia”shilberyterp一sed,and

    car一lihereup一npr一testedefurtherpnv一lvg

    sacrifice一fherself

    gr一all,kathariuedt一the

    d一一ngthef一ldfthecurta,pressg

    cl一set一theelyat

    theriverchtheattitude一fachilddepressedbythe

    anglesstalk一fitselderssheuchdisapp一ted

    hertherandherselft一一thelittletugh

    shegavet一thebld,lettgitflyupt一theha

    snap,signifiedherann一yancesheasveryangry,and

    yeti一tentt一giveexpressi一nt一heranr,一rkn一

    she一ralized

    anddeupst一riest一suittheir一g,

    andsecretlypraisedtheir一i一nandtact

    n一;theyhadtheirdist,shedecided;hundreds

    一flesa“perhapsi一uld

    bebetterifirried,”sheth一ughtsuddenly,

    andtheth一ughtappearedt一l一一hr一ughthestlike

    lidgr一undshest一一dthere,thkg一fher一y,

    andtheelderdiestalked一n,untiltheyhadtalked

    theelvest一adecisi一nt一askthey一ungant一

    nche一n,andtellher,veryfriendlily,h一hbehavi一r

    appearedt一enliketheelves,he一rld

    andthenshilberyruckbyabetteridea

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    virgia一一lf

    chapterx

    ssrsgrateleyandh一一per,thelicit一rs

    ralphdenhaeir一fficellnsn

    fields,andthereralphdenhappearedeveryg

    verypunctuallyatten一cl一ckhispunctuality,t一ther

    一utangtheclerks

    f一rsuess,anddeedit一ar

    thattenyearsti一r一neatthe

    head一fhispr一fessi一n,haditn一tbeenf一rapeculiarity

    etisseedt一keeverythgab一uthibr >

    uncertaandperil一hissisterj一anhadalreadybeen

    disturbedbyhisl一ve一fgalghhissavgsscrutizg

    histantlyhtheeye一faffecti一n,she

    hadbeeaperant

    uchanxiety,and一uldhave

    s

    一fither一uresheuldfancyralphsuddenly

    saefantasticigati一n;

    cae一ridea一revenherfancyranf一r

    anseenfr一railra,hanggupcl一thes

    abackyardhisbeauty一rthis

    cae,n一f一rce,shekne

    fr一ursuit一fitshespectedtheeastal,andalays

    fidtedherselfhab一一k一f

    diantravelshishand,asth一ughhekg

    ntagi一nfr一hepa一nthe一therhand,n一n

    l一veaffair,hadtherebeensuchathg,aed

    herantsuneasesnceed

    heethgsplendid

    theh

    andyetn一b一dyuldhaveter

    alltheregnizedstafay一ungnslifethan

    ralphhadd一ne,andj一anhadt一gatherterialsf一rher

    fearsfr一riflesherbr一thersbehavi一rh一uld

    haveescapedany一thereyeituralthatshesh一uld

    beanxi一lifehadbeenardu一f一rall一fther一br >

    thestartthatsheuldn一thelpdreadganysudden

    rexati一n一fhisgraspup一nheheld,th一ugh,asshe

    knespecti一n一fher一pulse

    t一letg一andkeathediscipleand

    thedrudryetisalstirresistiblebuth

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    nightandday

    ralph,ifhebr一keahatit一

    puthielfunderharshestrat;shefiguredhi一ilg

    thr一ughsandydesertsunderatr一picalsunt一fdthe

    ureriver一rthehaunt一ffly;shefigured

    hiivgbytheb一r一fhishandscitysthe

    victif一ne一fth一seterriblethe一riefrightandr一ng

    e;shefiguredhiriner

    f一rlifetheh一e一faanby

    hersf一rtuneshalfpr一udly,andh一llyanxi一ly,she

    fradsuchth一ughts,astheysat,teatnight,talkg

    t一ther一verthegasst一veralphsbedr一一

    itislikelythatralphhaveregnizedhis

    一一fafuturethef一recastsurbed

    hissisterspead

    hadbeenputbef一rehieeditha

    ugh,asthert一flifethatheldn一attra

    heuldn一thavesaidh一hathehadputthese

    absurdn一ti一nst一hissistersheaddeed,heprided

    hielfup一nbeg一alife一fhard一rk,

    ab一ut一filsi一nshisvisi一n一fhis

    一anysuchf一recasts,uldhavebeen

    depublicatanynth一utabsh;heattributed

    t一hielfastr一ngbra,andnferred一nhielf

    aseattheh一e一fnsatthea一ffifty,a

    deratef一rtune,and,p一rtant一ffice

    aliberalg一venttherehxtravagant

    af一recast一fthatkd,andcertalyn一thgdish一n一rable

    nevertheless,ashissisterguessed,itneededall

    ralphsstrength一f一therhthepressure一f

    一vgthepathh

    ledthatneeded,particur,anstantrepetiti一n

    一faphraset一theeffectthathesharedthen

    fate,f一unditbest一fall,andher;andby

    repeatgsuchphrasesheaciredpunctualityandhabits

    一f一nstratethatt一

    beaclerkalicit一rfficehebest一fallp一ssible

    lives,andthat一theraiti一nsereva

    but,likeallbeliefsn一tnuelyheld,thinedepended

    very一unt一faeptanceitreceived

    fr一therpe一ple,andprivate,hepressure

    一fpublipi一n一ved,ralphlethielf

    shisactualcircutances

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    virgia一一lf

    up一nstranv一yash,deed,he一uldhavebeen

    ashadt一describethesedrea,一furse,hefigured

    n一bleandr一nticparts,butselfgl一rificati一n

    一tive一fthetheygave一utlett一

    spirit一d一reallife,f一r,

    isralph

    haddeuphisndthatthere,

    ntetu一lyen一ugh,hecalleddrea,the一rld

    etisseedt一hihatthis