bleak house(奈噌議型徨)-及230嫗
梓囚徒貧圭鮗 ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈梓囚徒貧圭鮗 ● 辛指欺云匈競何
!!!!隆堋響頼紗秘慕禰厮宴和肝写偬堋響
with me as I suppose it would with most people under such
circumstances。 At one while my journey looked hopeful察 and at
another hopeless。 Now I thought that I should do some good察and
now I wondered how I could ever have supposed so。 Now it
seemed one of the most reasonable things in the world that I
should have come察and now one of the most unreasonable。 In what
state I should find Richard察what I should say to him察and what he
would say to me察occupied my mind by turns with these two states
of feeling察and the wheels seemed to play one tune to which the
burden of my Guardian¨s letter set itself over and over again all
night。
At last we came into the narrow streets of Deal察 and very
gloomy they were察upon a raw misty morning。 The long flat beach察
with its little irregular houses察wooden and brick察and its litter of
capstans察and great boats察and sheds察and bare upright poles with
tackle and blocks察and loose gravelly waste places overgrown with
grass and weeds察wore as dull an appearance as any place I ever
saw。 The sea was heaving under a thick white fog察 and nothing
else was moving but a few early ropemakers察 who察 with the yarn
twisted round their bodies察looked as if察tired of their present state
of existence察they were spinning themselves into cordage。
But when we got into a warm room in an excellent hotel察and
sat down察comfortably washed and dressed察to an early breakfast
for it was too late to think of going to bed察 Deal began to look
more cheerful。 Our little room was like a ship¨s cabin察 and that
delighted Charley very much。 Then the fog began to rise like a
curtain察and numbers of ships that we had had no idea were near察
appeared。 I don¨t know how many sail the waiter told us were then
Charles Dickens ElecBook Classics
´ Page 850´
Bleak House 850
lying in the Downs。 Some of these vessels were of grand size此one
was a large Indiaman just come home此 and when the sun shone
through the clouds察making silvery pools in the dark sea察the way
in which these ships brightened察 and shadowed察 and changed察
amid a bustle of boats putting off from the shore to them and from
them to the shore察 and a general life and motion in themselves察
and everything around them察was most beautiful。
The large Indiaman was our great attraction察because she had
come into the Downs in the night。 She was surrounded by boats察
and we said how glad the people on board of her must be to come
ashore。 Charley was curious too察about the voyage察and about the
heat in India察and the serpents and the tigers察and as she picked
up such information much faster than grammar察I told her what I
knew on those points。 I told her察too察how people in such voyages
were sometimes wrecked and cast on rocks察 where they were
saved by the intrepidity and humanity of one man。 And Charley
asking how that could be察I told her how we knew at home of such
a case。
I had thought of sending Richard a note察saying I was there察but
it seemed so much better to go to him without preparation。 As he
lived in barracks察I was a little doubtful whether this was feasible察
but we went out to reconnoitre。 Peeping in at the gate of the
barrack´yard察 we found everything very quiet at that time in the
morning察and I asked a serjeant standing on the guardhouse steps察
where he lived。 He sent a man before to show me察 who went up
some bare stairs察and knocked with his knuckles at a door and left
us。
^Now then 院cried Richard from within。 So I left Charley in the
little passage察 and going on to the half´open door察 said察 Can I
Charles Dickens ElecBook Classics
´ Page 851´
Bleak House 851
come in察Richard拭It¨s only Dame Durden。 ̄
He was writing at a table察with a great confusion of clothes察tin
cases察 books察 boots察 brushes察 and portmanteaus strewn all about
the floor。 He was only half´dressed!in plain clothes察 I observed察
not in uniform!and his hair was unbrushed察 and he looked as
wild as his room。 All this I saw after he had heartily welcomed me察
and I was seated near him察for he started upon hearing my voice察
and caught me in his arms in a moment。 Dear Richard He was
ever the same to me。 Down to!ah察poor察poor fellow to the end察
he never received me but with something of his old merry boyish
manner。
^Good Heaven察 my dear little woman察院 said he察 how do you
come here。 Who could have thought of seeing you Nothing the
matter拭Ada is well拭院
^Quite well。 Lovelier than ever察Richard 院
^Ah 院he said察leaning back in his chair。 ^My poor cousin I was
writing to you察Esther。 ̄
So worn and haggard as he looked察 even in the fulness of his
handsome youth察 leaning back in his chair察 and crushing the
closely written sheet of paper in his hand
^Have you been at the trouble of writing all that察and am I not
to read it after all拭院I asked。
^Oh my dear察院he returned察with a hopeless gesture。 ^You may
read it in the whole room。 It is all over here。 ̄
I mildly entreated him not to be despondent。 I told him that I
had heard by chance of his being in difficulty察 and had come to
consult with him what could best be done。
^Like you察Esther察but useless察and so not like you 院said he with
a melancholy smile。 ^I am away on leave this day!should have
Charles Dickens ElecBook Classics
´ Page 852´
Bleak House 852
been gone in another hour!and that is to smooth it over察for my
selling out。 Well Let bygones be bygones。 So this calling follows
the rest。 I only want to have been in the church察to have made the
round of all the professions。 ̄
^Richard察院I urged察 it is not so hopeless as that拭院
^Esther察院he returned察 it is indeed。 I am just so near disgrace
as that those who are put in authority over me as the catechism
goes would far rather be without me than with me。 And they are
right。 Apart from debts and duns察 and all such drawbacks察 I am
not fit even for this employment。 I have no care察no mind察no heart察
no soul察but for one thing。 Why察if this bubble hadn¨t broken now察院
he said察 tearing the letter he had written into fragments察 and
moodily casting them away察 by driblets察 how could I have gone
abroad拭I must have been ordered abroad察but how could I have
gone。 How could I察 with my experience of that thing察 trust even
Vholes unless I was at his back 院
I suppose he knew by my face what I was about to say察but he
caught the hand I had laid upon his arm察and touched my own lips
with it to prevent me from going on。
^No察 Dame Durden Two subjects I forbid!must forbid。 The
first is John Jarndyce。 The second察 you know what。 Call it
madness察and I tell you I can¨t help it now察and can¨t be s