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find her there still when he came in from his first cruise. And besides, he wanted her so very much to see the Thrush before she went out of harbour--the Thrush was certainly the finest sloop in the service--and there were several improvements in the dockyard, too, which he quite longed to shew her. ¡¡¡¡ He did not scruple to add that her being at home for a while would be a great advantage to everybody. ¡¡¡¡ "I do not know how it is," said he; "but we seem to want some of your nice ways and orderliness at my father's. The house is always in confusion.
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You will set things going in a better way, I am sure. You will tell my mother how it all ought to be, and you will be so useful to Susan, and you will teach Betsey, and make the boys love and mind you. How right and comfortable it will all be!"
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very stupid fellow, he soon decided for the Count. Miss Bertram approved the decision, for the less he had to learn the better; and though she could not sympathise in his wish that the Count and Agatha might be to act together, nor wait very patiently while he was slowly turning over the leaves with the hope of still discovering such a scene, she very kindly took his part in hand, and curtailed every speech that admitted being shortened; besides pointing out the necessity of his being very much dressed, and chusing his colours. Mr. Rushworth liked the idea of his finery very well, though affecting to despise it;
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and was too much engaged with what his own appearance would be to think of the others, or draw any of those conclusions, or feel any of that displeasure which Maria had been half prepared for. ¡¡¡¡ Thus much was settled before Edmund, who had been out all the morning, knew anything of the matter; but when he entered the drawing-room before dinner, the buzz of discussion was high between Tom, Maria, and Mr. Yates; and Mr. Rushworth stepped forward with great alacrity to tell him the agreeable
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very stupid fellow, he soon decided for the Count. Miss Bertram approved the decision, for the less he had to learn the better; and though she could not sympathise in his wish that the Count and Agatha might be to act together, nor wait very patiently while he was slowly turning over the leaves with the hope of still discovering such a scene, she very kindly took his part in hand, and curtailed every speech that admitted being shortened; besides pointing out the necessity of his being very much dressed, and chusing his colours. Mr. Rushworth liked the idea of his finery very well, though affecting to despise it;
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and was too much engaged with what his own appearance would be to think of the others, or draw any of those conclusions, or feel any of that displeasure which Maria had been half prepared for. ¡¡¡¡ Thus much was settled before Edmund, who had been out all the morning, knew anything of the matter; but when he entered the drawing-room before dinner, the buzz of discussion was high between Tom, Maria, and Mr. Yates; and Mr. Rushworth stepped forward with great alacrity to tell him the agreeable
Thursday, January 10, 2008
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There happened to be no customer in the shop but Jacques Three, of the restless fingers and the croaking voice. This man, whom he had seen upon the Jury, stood drinking at the little counter, in conversation with the Defarges, man and wife. The Vengeance assisted in the conversation, like a regular member of the establishment. ¡
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¡¡¡As Carton walked in, took his seat and asked (in very indifferent French) for a small measure of wine, Madame Defarge cast a careless glance at him, and then a keener, and then a keener, and then advanced to him herself, and asked him what it was he had ordered. ¡¡¡¡He repeated what he had already said. ¡¡¡¡"English?" asked Madame Defarge, inquisitively raising her dark eyebrows. ¡¡¡¡After looking at her, as if the sound of even a single French word were slow to express itself to him, he answered, in his former strong foreign accent. "Yes, madame, yes. I am English!"
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There happened to be no customer in the shop but Jacques Three, of the restless fingers and the croaking voice. This man, whom he had seen upon the Jury, stood drinking at the little counter, in conversation with the Defarges, man and wife. The Vengeance assisted in the conversation, like a regular member of the establishment. ¡
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¡¡¡As Carton walked in, took his seat and asked (in very indifferent French) for a small measure of wine, Madame Defarge cast a careless glance at him, and then a keener, and then a keener, and then advanced to him herself, and asked him what it was he had ordered. ¡¡¡¡He repeated what he had already said. ¡¡¡¡"English?" asked Madame Defarge, inquisitively raising her dark eyebrows. ¡¡¡¡After looking at her, as if the sound of even a single French word were slow to express itself to him, he answered, in his former strong foreign accent. "Yes, madame, yes. I am English!"
Monday, December 31, 2007
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'Oh, I shall soon do that! I am so much better, you don't know!' ¡¡¡¡ It is evening; and I sit in the same chair, by the same bed, with the same face turned towards me. We have been silent, and there is a smile upon her face. I have ceased to carry my light burden up and down stairs now. She lies here all the day. ¡¡¡¡'Doady!' ¡¡¡¡'My dear Dora!' ¡¡¡¡'You won't think what I am going to say, unreasonable, after what you told me, such a little while ago, of Mr. Wickfield's not being well? I want to see Agnes. Very much I want to see her.' ¡¡¡
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¡'I will write to her, my dear.' ¡¡¡¡'Will you?' ¡¡¡¡'Directly.' ¡¡¡¡'What a good, kind boy! Doady, take me on your arm. Indeed, my dear, it's not a whim. It's not a foolish fancy. I want, very much indeed, to see her!' ¡¡¡¡'I am certain of it. I have only to tell her so, and she is sure to come.'
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'Oh, I shall soon do that! I am so much better, you don't know!' ¡¡¡¡ It is evening; and I sit in the same chair, by the same bed, with the same face turned towards me. We have been silent, and there is a smile upon her face. I have ceased to carry my light burden up and down stairs now. She lies here all the day. ¡¡¡¡'Doady!' ¡¡¡¡'My dear Dora!' ¡¡¡¡'You won't think what I am going to say, unreasonable, after what you told me, such a little while ago, of Mr. Wickfield's not being well? I want to see Agnes. Very much I want to see her.' ¡¡¡
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¡'I will write to her, my dear.' ¡¡¡¡'Will you?' ¡¡¡¡'Directly.' ¡¡¡¡'What a good, kind boy! Doady, take me on your arm. Indeed, my dear, it's not a whim. It's not a foolish fancy. I want, very much indeed, to see her!' ¡¡¡¡'I am certain of it. I have only to tell her so, and she is sure to come.'
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
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'You may be aware, my dear Mr. Copperfield, that between myself and Mr. Micawber (whom I will never desert), there has always been preserved a spirit of mutual confidence. Mr. Micawber may have occasionally given a bill without consulting me, or he may have misled me as to the period when that obligation would become due. This has actually happened. But, in general, Mr. Micawber has had no secrets from the bosom of affection - I allude to his wife - and has invariably, on our retirement to rest, recalled the events of the day. ¡¡¡¡'You will picture to yourself, my dear Mr. Copperfield, what the poignancy of my feelings must be, when I inform you that Mr. Micawber is entirely changed. He is reserved. He is secret.
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His life is a mystery to the partner of his joys and sorrows - I again allude to his wife - and if I should assure you that beyond knowing that it is passed from morning to night at the office, I now know less of it than I do of the man in the south, connected with whose mouth the thoughtless children repeat an idle tale respecting cold plum porridge, I should adopt a popular fallacy to express an actual fact.
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'You may be aware, my dear Mr. Copperfield, that between myself and Mr. Micawber (whom I will never desert), there has always been preserved a spirit of mutual confidence. Mr. Micawber may have occasionally given a bill without consulting me, or he may have misled me as to the period when that obligation would become due. This has actually happened. But, in general, Mr. Micawber has had no secrets from the bosom of affection - I allude to his wife - and has invariably, on our retirement to rest, recalled the events of the day. ¡¡¡¡'You will picture to yourself, my dear Mr. Copperfield, what the poignancy of my feelings must be, when I inform you that Mr. Micawber is entirely changed. He is reserved. He is secret.
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His life is a mystery to the partner of his joys and sorrows - I again allude to his wife - and if I should assure you that beyond knowing that it is passed from morning to night at the office, I now know less of it than I do of the man in the south, connected with whose mouth the thoughtless children repeat an idle tale respecting cold plum porridge, I should adopt a popular fallacy to express an actual fact.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
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mona lisa smile `Perfectly right; if people be right to marry only for the present. And now, let us hear what you are unhappy about. Your brother will be pleased; the old lady and gentleman will not object, I think; you will escape from a disorderly, comfortless home into a wealthy, respectable one; and you love Edgar, and Edgar loves you. All seems smooth and easy: where is the obstacle?'
`Here! and here!' replied Catherine, striking one hand on her forehead, and the other on her breast: `in whichever place the soul lives. In my soul and in my heart, I'm convinced I'm wrong!'
`That's very strange! I cannot make it out.'
`It's my secret. But if you will not mock at me, I'll explain it: I can't do it distinctly: but I'll give you a feeling of how I feel.'
She seated herself by me again: her countenance grew sadder and graver, and her clasped hands trembled.
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elly, do you never dream queer dreams?' she said, suddenly, after some minutes' reflection.
`Yes, now and then,' I answered.
`And so do I. I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they've gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind. And this is one; I'm going to tell it--but take care not to smile at any part of it.'
`Oh! don't, Miss Catherine!' I cried. `We're dismal enough without conjuring up ghosts and visions to perplex us. Come, come, be merry and like yourself! Look at little Hareton! he's dreaming nothing dreary. How sweetly he smiles in his sleep!'
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`Here! and here!' replied Catherine, striking one hand on her forehead, and the other on her breast: `in whichever place the soul lives. In my soul and in my heart, I'm convinced I'm wrong!'
`That's very strange! I cannot make it out.'
`It's my secret. But if you will not mock at me, I'll explain it: I can't do it distinctly: but I'll give you a feeling of how I feel.'
She seated herself by me again: her countenance grew sadder and graver, and her clasped hands trembled.
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elly, do you never dream queer dreams?' she said, suddenly, after some minutes' reflection.
`Yes, now and then,' I answered.
`And so do I. I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they've gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind. And this is one; I'm going to tell it--but take care not to smile at any part of it.'
`Oh! don't, Miss Catherine!' I cried. `We're dismal enough without conjuring up ghosts and visions to perplex us. Come, come, be merry and like yourself! Look at little Hareton! he's dreaming nothing dreary. How sweetly he smiles in his sleep!'
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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And there was the silence of death about it: the solitude of a
lonesome wild. No wonder that letters addressed to people here had
never received an answer: as well despatch epistles to a vault in a
church aisle. The grim blackness of the stones told by what fate the
Hall had fallen- by conflagration: but how kindled? What story
belonged to this disaster? What loss, besides mortar and marble and
woodwork had followed upon it? Had life been wrecked as well as
property? If so, whose? Dreadful question: there was no one here to
answer it- not even dumb sign, mute token.
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In wandering round the shattered walls and through the devastated
interior, I gathered evidence that the calamity was not of late
occurrence. Winter snows, I thought, had drifted through that void
arch, winter rains beaten in at those hollow casements; for, amidst
the drenched piles of rubbish, spring had cherished vegetation:
grass and weed grew here and there between the stones and fallen
rafters. And oh! where meantime was the hapless owner of this wreck?
In what land? Under what auspices? My eye involuntarily wandered to
the grey church tower near the gates, and I asked, 'Is he with Damer
de Rochester, sharing the shelter of his narrow marble house?'
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And there was the silence of death about it: the solitude of a
lonesome wild. No wonder that letters addressed to people here had
never received an answer: as well despatch epistles to a vault in a
church aisle. The grim blackness of the stones told by what fate the
Hall had fallen- by conflagration: but how kindled? What story
belonged to this disaster? What loss, besides mortar and marble and
woodwork had followed upon it? Had life been wrecked as well as
property? If so, whose? Dreadful question: there was no one here to
answer it- not even dumb sign, mute token.
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In wandering round the shattered walls and through the devastated
interior, I gathered evidence that the calamity was not of late
occurrence. Winter snows, I thought, had drifted through that void
arch, winter rains beaten in at those hollow casements; for, amidst
the drenched piles of rubbish, spring had cherished vegetation:
grass and weed grew here and there between the stones and fallen
rafters. And oh! where meantime was the hapless owner of this wreck?
In what land? Under what auspices? My eye involuntarily wandered to
the grey church tower near the gates, and I asked, 'Is he with Damer
de Rochester, sharing the shelter of his narrow marble house?'
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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reflection: his look denoted abstraction from me and my business. I
was obliged to recall him to a theme which was of necessity one of
close and anxious interest to me.
'What is the employment you had in view, Mr. Rivers? I hope this
delay will not have increased the difficulty of securing it.'
'Oh, no; since it is an employment which depends only on me to
give, and you to accept.'
He again paused: there seemed a reluctance to continue. I grew
impatient: a restless movement or two, and an eager and exacting
glance fastened on his face, conveyed the feeling to him as
effectually as words could have done, and with less trouble.
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'You need be in no hurry to hear,' he said: 'let me frankly tell
you, I have nothing eligible or profitable to suggest. Before I
explain, recall, if you please, my notice, clearly given, that if I
helped you, it must be as the blind man would help the lame. I am
poor; for I find that, when I have paid my father's debts, all the
patrimony remaining to me will be this crumbling grange, the row of
scathed firs behind, and the patch of moorish soil, with the yew-trees
and holly-bushes in front. I am obscure: Rivers is an old name; but of
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reflection: his look denoted abstraction from me and my business. I
was obliged to recall him to a theme which was of necessity one of
close and anxious interest to me.
'What is the employment you had in view, Mr. Rivers? I hope this
delay will not have increased the difficulty of securing it.'
'Oh, no; since it is an employment which depends only on me to
give, and you to accept.'
He again paused: there seemed a reluctance to continue. I grew
impatient: a restless movement or two, and an eager and exacting
glance fastened on his face, conveyed the feeling to him as
effectually as words could have done, and with less trouble.
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'You need be in no hurry to hear,' he said: 'let me frankly tell
you, I have nothing eligible or profitable to suggest. Before I
explain, recall, if you please, my notice, clearly given, that if I
helped you, it must be as the blind man would help the lame. I am
poor; for I find that, when I have paid my father's debts, all the
patrimony remaining to me will be this crumbling grange, the row of
scathed firs behind, and the patch of moorish soil, with the yew-trees
and holly-bushes in front. I am obscure: Rivers is an old name; but of
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Monday, October 15, 2007
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'You, sir, are the most phantom-like of all: you are a mere dream.'
He held out his hand, laughing. 'Is that a dream?' said he, placing
it close to my eyes. He had a rounded, muscular, and vigorous hand, as
well as a long, strong arm.
'Yes; though I touch it, it is a dream,' said I, as I put it down
from before my face. 'Sir, have you finished supper?'
'Yes, Jane.'
I rang the bell and ordered away the tray. When we were again
alone, I stirred the fire, and then took a low seat at my master's
knee.
'It is near midnight,' I said.
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'Yes: but remember, Jane, you promised to wake with me the night
before my wedding.'
'I did; and I will keep my promise, for an hour or two at least:
I have no wish to go to bed.'
'Are all your arrangements complete?'
'All, sir.'
'And on my part likewise,' he returned, 'I have settled everything;
and we shall leave Thornfield to-morrow, within half an hour after our
return from church.'
'Very well, sir.'
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Sunday, October 14, 2007
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paralyse him. Mr. Rochester put the now bloody sponge into my hand,
and I proceeded to use it as he had done. He watched me a second, then
saying, 'Remember!- No conversation,' he left the room. I
experienced a strange feeling as the key grated in the lock, and the
sound of his retreating step ceased to be heard.
Here then I was in the third storey, fastened into one of its
mystic cells; night around me; a pale and bloody spectacle under my
eyes and hands; a murderess hardly separated from me by a single door:
yes- that was appalling- the rest I could bear; but I shuddered at the
thought of Grace Poole bursting out upon me.
I must keep to my post, however. I must watch this ghastly
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paralyse him. Mr. Rochester put the now bloody sponge into my hand,
and I proceeded to use it as he had done. He watched me a second, then
saying, 'Remember!- No conversation,' he left the room. I
experienced a strange feeling as the key grated in the lock, and the
sound of his retreating step ceased to be heard.
Here then I was in the third storey, fastened into one of its
mystic cells; night around me; a pale and bloody spectacle under my
eyes and hands; a murderess hardly separated from me by a single door:
yes- that was appalling- the rest I could bear; but I shuddered at the
thought of Grace Poole bursting out upon me.
I must keep to my post, however. I must watch this ghastly
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paralyse him. Mr. Rochester put the now bloody sponge into my hand,
and I proceeded to use it as he had done. He watched me a second, then
saying, 'Remember!- No conversation,' he left the room. I
experienced a strange feeling as the key grated in the lock, and the
sound of his retreating step ceased to be heard.
Here then I was in the third storey, fastened into one of its
mystic cells; night around me; a pale and bloody spectacle under my
eyes and hands; a murderess hardly separated from me by a single door:
yes- that was appalling- the rest I could bear; but I shuddered at the
thought of Grace Poole bursting out upon me.
I must keep to my post, however. I must watch this ghastly
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paralyse him. Mr. Rochester put the now bloody sponge into my hand,
and I proceeded to use it as he had done. He watched me a second, then
saying, 'Remember!- No conversation,' he left the room. I
experienced a strange feeling as the key grated in the lock, and the
sound of his retreating step ceased to be heard.
Here then I was in the third storey, fastened into one of its
mystic cells; night around me; a pale and bloody spectacle under my
eyes and hands; a murderess hardly separated from me by a single door:
yes- that was appalling- the rest I could bear; but I shuddered at the
thought of Grace Poole bursting out upon me.
I must keep to my post, however. I must watch this ghastly
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Saturday, October 13, 2007
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straight before him.
'No, you men never do consider economy and common sense. You should
hear mama on the chapter of governesses: Mary and I have had, I should
think, a dozen at least in our day; half of them detestable and the
rest ridiculous, and all incubi- were they not, mama?'
'Did you speak, my own?'
The young lady thus claimed as the dowager's special property,
reiterated her question with an explanation.
'My dearest, don't mention governesses; the word makes me
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caprice. I thank Heaven I have now done with them!'
Mrs. Dent here bent over to the pious lady, and whispered something
in her car; I suppose, from the answer elicited, it was a reminder
that one of the anathematised race was present.
'Tant pis!' said her ladyship, 'I hope it may do her good!' Then,
in a lower tone, but still loud enough for me to hear, 'I noticed her;
I am a judge of physiognomy, and in hers I see all the faults of her
class.'
'What are they, madam?' inquired Mr. Rochester aloud.
'I will tell you in your private ear,' replied she, wagging her
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straight before him.
'No, you men never do consider economy and common sense. You should
hear mama on the chapter of governesses: Mary and I have had, I should
think, a dozen at least in our day; half of them detestable and the
rest ridiculous, and all incubi- were they not, mama?'
'Did you speak, my own?'
The young lady thus claimed as the dowager's special property,
reiterated her question with an explanation.
'My dearest, don't mention governesses; the word makes me
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caprice. I thank Heaven I have now done with them!'
Mrs. Dent here bent over to the pious lady, and whispered something
in her car; I suppose, from the answer elicited, it was a reminder
that one of the anathematised race was present.
'Tant pis!' said her ladyship, 'I hope it may do her good!' Then,
in a lower tone, but still loud enough for me to hear, 'I noticed her;
I am a judge of physiognomy, and in hers I see all the faults of her
class.'
'What are they, madam?' inquired Mr. Rochester aloud.
'I will tell you in your private ear,' replied she, wagging her
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
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mona lisa smile I stayed behind a few minutes to plant in my garden a handful of roots
I had dug up in the forest, and which I feared would wither if I
left them till the morning. This done, I lingered yet a little longer:
the flowers smelt so sweet as the dew fell; it was such a pleasant
evening, so serene, so warm; the still glowing west promised so fairly
another fine day on the morrow; the moon rose with such majesty in the
grave east. I was noting these things and enjoying them as a child
might, when it entered my mind as it had never done before:-
'How sad to be lying now on a sick bed, and to be in danger of
dying! This world is pleasant- it would be dreary to be called from
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then my mind made its first earnest effort to comprehend what
had been infused into it concerning heaven and hell; and for the first
time it recoiled, baffled; and for the first time glancing behind,
on each side, and before it, it saw all round an unfathomed gulf: it
felt the one point where it stood- the present; all the rest was
formless cloud and vacant depth; and it shuddered at the thought of
tottering, and plunging amid that chaos. While pondering this new
idea, I heard the front door open; Mr. Bates came out, and with him
was a nurse. After she had seen him mount his horse and depart, she
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I had dug up in the forest, and which I feared would wither if I
left them till the morning. This done, I lingered yet a little longer:
the flowers smelt so sweet as the dew fell; it was such a pleasant
evening, so serene, so warm; the still glowing west promised so fairly
another fine day on the morrow; the moon rose with such majesty in the
grave east. I was noting these things and enjoying them as a child
might, when it entered my mind as it had never done before:-
'How sad to be lying now on a sick bed, and to be in danger of
dying! This world is pleasant- it would be dreary to be called from
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then my mind made its first earnest effort to comprehend what
had been infused into it concerning heaven and hell; and for the first
time it recoiled, baffled; and for the first time glancing behind,
on each side, and before it, it saw all round an unfathomed gulf: it
felt the one point where it stood- the present; all the rest was
formless cloud and vacant depth; and it shuddered at the thought of
tottering, and plunging amid that chaos. While pondering this new
idea, I heard the front door open; Mr. Bates came out, and with him
was a nurse. After she had seen him mount his horse and depart, she
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
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to beg, and not to live here with gentlemen's children like us, and
eat the same meals we do, and wear clothes at our mama's expense. Now,
I'll teach you to rummage my bookshelves: for they are mine; all the
house belongs to me, or will do in a few years. Go and stand by the
door, out of the way of the mirror and the windows.'
I did so, not at first aware what was his intention; but when I saw
him lift and poise the book and stand in act to hurl it, I
instinctively started aside with a cry of alarm: not soon enough,
however; the volume was flung, it hit me, and I fell, striking my head
against the door and cutting it. The cut bled, the pain was sharp:
my terror had passed its climax; other feelings succeeded.
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'Wicked and cruel boy!' I said. 'You are like a murderer- you are
like a slave-driver- you are like the Roman emperors!'
I had read Goldsmith's History of Rome, and had formed my opinion
of Nero, Caligula, etc. Also I had drawn parallels in silence, which I
never thought thus to have declared aloud.
'What! what!' he cried. 'Did she say that to me? Did you hear
her, Eliza and Georgiana? Won't I tell mama? but first-'
He ran headlong at me: I felt him grasp my hair and my shoulder: he
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to beg, and not to live here with gentlemen's children like us, and
eat the same meals we do, and wear clothes at our mama's expense. Now,
I'll teach you to rummage my bookshelves: for they are mine; all the
house belongs to me, or will do in a few years. Go and stand by the
door, out of the way of the mirror and the windows.'
I did so, not at first aware what was his intention; but when I saw
him lift and poise the book and stand in act to hurl it, I
instinctively started aside with a cry of alarm: not soon enough,
however; the volume was flung, it hit me, and I fell, striking my head
against the door and cutting it. The cut bled, the pain was sharp:
my terror had passed its climax; other feelings succeeded.
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'Wicked and cruel boy!' I said. 'You are like a murderer- you are
like a slave-driver- you are like the Roman emperors!'
I had read Goldsmith's History of Rome, and had formed my opinion
of Nero, Caligula, etc. Also I had drawn parallels in silence, which I
never thought thus to have declared aloud.
'What! what!' he cried. 'Did she say that to me? Did you hear
her, Eliza and Georgiana? Won't I tell mama? but first-'
He ran headlong at me: I felt him grasp my hair and my shoulder: he
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Monday, October 8, 2007
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大庄瞪着青工问:刚才看见那谁没？
青工问:看见谁呀？大庄不好意思说出口，就见青工朝大庄身后打招呼:嫂子！
大庄一回身愣住。庄嫂一脸平静地走过来。大庄一紧张，赶紧过去，直着身子挡住庄嫂去路，声音低低地喝道:你来这儿干吗？
庄嫂推开大庄,一脸淡然，说:你说干什么，公事呗，我们单位和你们厂联合买粮，你们厂出车出人。
大庄一点也不敢放松，又问:找车队你到车间来干什么？
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庄嫂说:找人啊！她说着回身盯住大庄问，你是不是有什么见不得人的事儿怕我看见啊？
大庄一挺胸脯说:说什么屁话，我就是要提醒你，上班时间别婆婆妈妈的，我没工夫扯那些。大庄说着往外走。庄嫂盯着大庄的背不动。大庄走得甭提多别扭，走几步，又回过身，走到老婆身边问:你这么看我干啥呀？
庄嫂说:我看你了吗？我看门口那儿，我们单位车在那儿，我们头正等着我呢。说着抬腿往外走。大庄不知道老婆葫芦到底卖什么药，紧走几步跟上前，喊:唉唉！当两天买菜的还长行势了啊，敢对老子这态度！
庄嫂回身看着大庄说:我告诉你大庄，你老婆现在可是有工作拿工资的工人阶级，你要再随便骂人打人，我们单位可有工会组织，我正在申请入党呢。
大庄愣了。庄嫂狠狠瞪一眼大庄，转身往外走了。大庄想，这老娘儿们到底吃什么药了？刚才那个青工走过来，大庄一把拽过问:我老婆刚才看到我和佟子在一起吗？
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大庄瞪着青工问:刚才看见那谁没？
青工问:看见谁呀？大庄不好意思说出口，就见青工朝大庄身后打招呼:嫂子！
大庄一回身愣住。庄嫂一脸平静地走过来。大庄一紧张，赶紧过去，直着身子挡住庄嫂去路，声音低低地喝道:你来这儿干吗？
庄嫂推开大庄,一脸淡然，说:你说干什么，公事呗，我们单位和你们厂联合买粮，你们厂出车出人。
大庄一点也不敢放松，又问:找车队你到车间来干什么？
mona lisa smile
庄嫂说:找人啊！她说着回身盯住大庄问，你是不是有什么见不得人的事儿怕我看见啊？
大庄一挺胸脯说:说什么屁话，我就是要提醒你，上班时间别婆婆妈妈的，我没工夫扯那些。大庄说着往外走。庄嫂盯着大庄的背不动。大庄走得甭提多别扭，走几步，又回过身，走到老婆身边问:你这么看我干啥呀？
庄嫂说:我看你了吗？我看门口那儿，我们单位车在那儿，我们头正等着我呢。说着抬腿往外走。大庄不知道老婆葫芦到底卖什么药，紧走几步跟上前，喊:唉唉！当两天买菜的还长行势了啊，敢对老子这态度！
庄嫂回身看着大庄说:我告诉你大庄，你老婆现在可是有工作拿工资的工人阶级，你要再随便骂人打人，我们单位可有工会组织，我正在申请入党呢。
大庄愣了。庄嫂狠狠瞪一眼大庄，转身往外走了。大庄想，这老娘儿们到底吃什么药了？刚才那个青工走过来，大庄一把拽过问:我老婆刚才看到我和佟子在一起吗？
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Sunday, October 7, 2007
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常发一怔，急忙用脚擦掉了地上的字，起身敬礼：“孟司令，您怎么来了？”
“我怎么就不能来？怎么，夏雨还没有找到吗？”
“没有，我该找的地方都找了！”
“我记的有人吹过大牛，这世上就没有他办不成的事！”孟长胜打趣着。
“有吗？谁说的？男的？还是女的？要是男的，让他生个孩子试试！”
“好了好了，少给我装模作样的！你们甄书记呢？”
孟长胜问。
“甄书记出去了，说是去看一个什么老先生……”
“真稀奇，怎么没带你去呀？你不是甄书记的影子吗？”
“又不是去打仗，带我干啥！”
“怎么？想打仗了？”
mona lisa smile
“小姨子养的才不想呢！孟司令，自从进了赤河城，我的枪还不如笤帚疙瘩管用呢！笤帚疙瘩还能扫扫地，你说我这枪能干什么？要不，您和甄书记说说，还是把我调回部队吧，我这个人天生就是武将，做不了文臣！”
“不许发牢骚！谁说没仗打了？”
常发眼睛顿时发光：“有仗打吗？我就说嘛，只要孟司令一到，肯定有好事！孟司令，你今天还回去吗？我请你吃饭！”
“你不是不喝酒了吗？”
“我是说不喝酒了，可没说不吃饭啊！孟司令，以后有舞刀弄枪的好事，千万想着点儿我老常！”
离开了常发，孟长胜紧接着来到甄一然的住所。
甄一然把一杯水放在孟长胜面前：“大司令驾到，有什么指示呀？”
mona lisa smile
常发一怔，急忙用脚擦掉了地上的字，起身敬礼：“孟司令，您怎么来了？”
“我怎么就不能来？怎么，夏雨还没有找到吗？”
“没有，我该找的地方都找了！”
“我记的有人吹过大牛，这世上就没有他办不成的事！”孟长胜打趣着。
“有吗？谁说的？男的？还是女的？要是男的，让他生个孩子试试！”
“好了好了，少给我装模作样的！你们甄书记呢？”
孟长胜问。
“甄书记出去了，说是去看一个什么老先生……”
“真稀奇，怎么没带你去呀？你不是甄书记的影子吗？”
“又不是去打仗，带我干啥！”
“怎么？想打仗了？”
mona lisa smile
“小姨子养的才不想呢！孟司令，自从进了赤河城，我的枪还不如笤帚疙瘩管用呢！笤帚疙瘩还能扫扫地，你说我这枪能干什么？要不，您和甄书记说说，还是把我调回部队吧，我这个人天生就是武将，做不了文臣！”
“不许发牢骚！谁说没仗打了？”
常发眼睛顿时发光：“有仗打吗？我就说嘛，只要孟司令一到，肯定有好事！孟司令，你今天还回去吗？我请你吃饭！”
“你不是不喝酒了吗？”
“我是说不喝酒了，可没说不吃饭啊！孟司令，以后有舞刀弄枪的好事，千万想着点儿我老常！”
离开了常发，孟长胜紧接着来到甄一然的住所。
甄一然把一杯水放在孟长胜面前：“大司令驾到，有什么指示呀？”
mona lisa smile
Friday, October 5, 2007
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mona lisa smile
现在不是国共合作吗？他们敢咬了你啊？”
“那帮龟孙子，表面谈合作，肚子里全是坏下水！经常对我们开冷枪，前几天有咱们的人从他们的围子外面经过，还被他们打伤了！”陈发海说着。
“打冷枪好啊！我还怕他不打呢！”
陈发海急了：“老常，你有没有为首长考虑……”
甄一然似乎猜出了常发的心事，悄然一笑：“算了，我们就听他一回！既然出来看月亮，就看个痛快！”
mona lisa smile
几个人走着走着，走到了龙家围子的外围，从外面看过去，依稀可以看到地主武装的土围子。常发从草丛后探出头来，对甄一然说：“甄书记，这个王八窝里住的是王庄有名的土财主母猪龙！这小子表面上喊抗日，暗地里尽做些欺压老百姓的事。老百姓有句话：母猪龙的钱花不完，母猪龙的粮食吃十年！咱们部队没饭吃，没钱花，他躲在王八窝里靠欺诈老百姓享清福！这笔账得算算了！”
常发的话，勾起了甄一然的好奇心：“那你来干什么？找他借钱？”
常发胸有成竹：“干吗要借，想办法让他出点儿血不就行了？”
甄一然问：“还说不违反政策？他会那么心甘情愿地出血吗？”
“这事你就交给我了！你们慢慢看月亮吧，我先进去讨杯酒喝！”常发说着向土围子扬长而去。mona lisa smile
现在不是国共合作吗？他们敢咬了你啊？”
“那帮龟孙子，表面谈合作，肚子里全是坏下水！经常对我们开冷枪，前几天有咱们的人从他们的围子外面经过，还被他们打伤了！”陈发海说着。
“打冷枪好啊！我还怕他不打呢！”
陈发海急了：“老常，你有没有为首长考虑……”
甄一然似乎猜出了常发的心事，悄然一笑：“算了，我们就听他一回！既然出来看月亮，就看个痛快！”
mona lisa smile
几个人走着走着，走到了龙家围子的外围，从外面看过去，依稀可以看到地主武装的土围子。常发从草丛后探出头来，对甄一然说：“甄书记，这个王八窝里住的是王庄有名的土财主母猪龙！这小子表面上喊抗日，暗地里尽做些欺压老百姓的事。老百姓有句话：母猪龙的钱花不完，母猪龙的粮食吃十年！咱们部队没饭吃，没钱花，他躲在王八窝里靠欺诈老百姓享清福！这笔账得算算了！”
常发的话，勾起了甄一然的好奇心：“那你来干什么？找他借钱？”
常发胸有成竹：“干吗要借，想办法让他出点儿血不就行了？”
甄一然问：“还说不违反政策？他会那么心甘情愿地出血吗？”
“这事你就交给我了！你们慢慢看月亮吧，我先进去讨杯酒喝！”常发说着向土围子扬长而去。mona lisa smile
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