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of human bondage 人性的枷锁 chapter 4
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philip parted from emma with tears, but the journey to blackstable amused him, and, when they arrived, he was resigned and cheerful. blackstable was sixty miles from london. giving their luggage to a porter, mr. carey set out to walk with philip to the vicarage; it took them little more than five minutes, and, when they reached it, philip suddenly remembered the gate. it was red and five-barred: it swung both ways on easy hinges; and it was possible, though forbidden, to swing 1 and forwards on it. they walked through the garden to the front-door. this was only used by visitors and on sundays, and on special occasions, as when the vicar went up to london or came back. the traffic of the house took place through a side-door, and there was a back door as well for the gardener and for beggars and tramps. it was a fairly large house of yellow brick, with a red roof, built about five and twenty years before in an ecclesiastical style. the front-door was like a church porch, and the drawing-room windows were gothic.
 
mrs. carey, knowing by what train they were coming, waited in the drawing-room and listened for the click of the gate. when she heard it she went to the door.
 
'there's aunt louisa,' said mr. carey, when he saw her. 'run and give her a kiss.'
 
philip started to run, awkwardly, trailing his club-foot, and then stopped. mrs. carey was a little, shrivelled woman of the same age as her husband, with a face 2 filled with deep wrinkles, and pale blue eyes. her gray hair was arranged in ringlets according to the fashion of her youth. she wore a black dress, and her only 3 was a gold chain, from which hung a cross. she had a shy manner and a gentle voice.
 
'did you walk, william?' she said, almost reproachfully, as she kissed her husband.
 
'i didn't think of it,' he answered, with a glance at his nephew.
 
'it didn't hurt you to walk, philip, did it?' she asked the child.
 
'no. i always walk.'
 
he was a little surprised at their conversation. aunt louisa told him to come in, and they entered the hall. it was paved with red and yellow tiles, on which alternately were a greek cross and the lamb of god. an 4 staircase led out of the hall. it was of polished pine, with a 5 smell, and had been put in because fortunately, when the church was reseated, enough wood remained over. the balusters were decorated with 6 of the four evangelists.
 
'i've had the stove lighted as i thought you'd be cold after your journey,' said mrs. carey.
 
it was a large black stove that stood in the hall and was only lighted if the weather was very bad and the vicar had a cold. it was not lighted if mrs. carey had a cold. coal was expensive. besides, mary ann, the maid, didn't like fires all over the place. if they wanted all them fires they must keep a second girl. in the winter mr. and mrs. carey lived in the dining-room so that one fire should do, and in the summer they could not get out of the habit, so the drawing-room was used only by mr. carey on sunday afternoons for his nap. but every saturday he had a fire in the study so that he could write his sermon.
 
aunt louisa took philip upstairs and showed him into a tiny bed-room that looked out on the drive. immediately in front of the window was a large tree, which philip remembered now because the branches were so low that it was possible to climb quite high up it.
 
'a small room for a small boy,' said mrs. carey. 'you won't be frightened at sleeping alone?'
 
'oh, no.'
 
on his first visit to the vicarage he had come with his nurse, and mrs. carey had had little to do with him. she looked at him now with some 7.
 
'can you wash your own hands, or shall i wash them for you?'
 
'i can wash myself,' he answered firmly.
 
'well, i shall look at them when you come down to tea,' said mrs. carey.
 
she knew nothing about children. after it was settled that philip should come down to blackstable, mrs. carey had thought much how she should treat him; she was anxious to do her duty; but now he was there she found herself just as shy of him as he was of her. she hoped he would not be noisy and rough, because her husband did not like rough and noisy boys. mrs. carey made an excuse to leave philip alone, but in a moment came back and knocked at the door; she asked him, without coming in, if he could pour out the water himself. then she went downstairs and rang the bell for tea.
 
the dining-room, large and well-proportioned, had windows on two sides of it, with heavy curtains of red rep; there was a big table in the middle; and at one end an imposing mahogany sideboard with a looking-glass in it. in one corner stood a harmonium. on each side of the fireplace were chairs covered in stamped leather, each with an antimacassar; one had arms and was called the husband, and the other had none and was called the wife. mrs. carey never sat in the arm-chair: she said she preferred a chair that was not too comfortable; there was always a lot to do, and if her chair had had arms she might not be so ready to leave it.
 
mr. carey was making up the fire when philip came in, and he 8 out to his nephew that there were two 9. one was large and bright and polished and unused, and was called the vicar; and the other, which was much smaller and had evidently passed through many fires, was called the curate.
 
'what are we waiting for?' said mr. carey.
 
'i told mary ann to make you an egg. i thought you'd be hungry after your journey.'
 
mrs. carey thought the journey from london to blackstable very tiring. she seldom travelled herself, for the living was only three hundred a year, and, when her husband wanted a holiday, since there was not money for two, he went by himself. he was very fond of church congresses and usually managed to go up to london once a year; and once he had been to paris for the exhibition, and two or three times to switzerland. mary ann brought in the egg, and they sat down. the chair was much too low for philip, and for a moment neither mr. carey nor his wife knew what to do.
 
'i'll put some books under him,' said mary ann.
 
she took from the top of the harmonium the large bible and the prayer-book from which the vicar was accustomed to read prayers, and put them on philip's chair.
 
'oh, william, he can't sit on the bible,' said mrs. carey, in a shocked tone. 'couldn't you get him some books out of the study?'
 
mr. carey considered the question for an instant.
 
'i don't think it matters this once if you put the prayer-book on the top, mary ann,' he said. 'the book of common prayer is the composition of men like ourselves. it has no claim to divine authorship.'
 
'i hadn't thought of that, william,' said aunt louisa.
 
philip perched himself on the books, and the vicar, having said grace, cut the top off his egg.
 
'there,' he said, handing it to philip, 'you can eat my top if you like.'
 
philip would have liked an egg to himself, but he was not offered one, so took what he could.
 
'how have the chickens been laying since i went away?' asked the vicar.
 
'oh, they've been dreadful, only one or two a day.'
 
'how did you like that top, philip?' asked his uncle.
 
'very much, thank you.'
 
'you shall have another one on sunday afternoon.'
 
mr. carey always had a boiled egg at tea on sunday, so that he might be 10 for the evening service.


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1 bp9ya     
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
参考例句:
  • he turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • all the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
2 vlwxw     
adv.格外地;极端地
参考例句:
  • she is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
  • the sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨,大海出奇地宁静。
3 u4czn     
v.装饰,美化;n.装饰,装饰物
参考例句:
  • the flowers were put on the table for ornament.花放在桌子上做装饰用。
  • she wears a crystal ornament on her chest.她的前胸戴了一个水晶饰品。
4 8q9zcb     
adj.使人难忘的,壮丽的,堂皇的,雄伟的
参考例句:
  • the fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
  • he has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
5 cinyo     
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
参考例句:
  • he walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
  • he looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
6 db84ab479b9c05c259ade9a2f3414e04     
n.象征,标记( emblem的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • his emblems are the spear and the burning torch. 他佩带的徽记是长矛和燃烧着的火炬。 来自辞典例句
  • crystal prize, crystal gift, crystal trophy, champion cup, emblems. 水晶奖牌、水晶礼品、水晶纪念品、奖杯、金属奖牌。 来自互联网
7 nlfwk     
n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物
参考例句:
  • her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
  • after six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后,压力开始产生影响了。
8 il8zb4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • he gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • she wished to show mrs.john dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
9 1d36d407f0e0269534917af7d949bfe2     
n.拨火铁棒( poker的名词复数 );纸牌;扑克;(通常指人)(坐或站得)直挺挺的
参考例句:
  • does excellent 54 pokers printing plate a look at the japan av daughter knowing several? 日本av女优54张扑克牌版看看认识几个? 来自互联网
10 fortified     
adj. 加强的
参考例句:
  • he fortified himself against the cold with a hot drink. 他喝了一杯热饮御寒。
  • the enemy drew back into a few fortified points. 敌人收缩到几个据点里。
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