唄診窮徨慕 > 哂猟圻广窮徨慕 > bleak house(奈噌議型徨) >

及277嫗

bleak house(奈噌議型徨)-及277嫗

弌傍 bleak house(奈噌議型徨) 忖方 耽匈4000忖

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




leaves the old housekeeper to her emotions for a little while!not 

without   passing   the   back   of   her   hand   across   her   own   motherly 

eyes!and presently chirps up in her cheery manner此 

    ^So   I  says   to   George    when    I  goes   to   call   him   in  to   tea  he 

pretended   to   be   smoking   his   pipe   outside察      What   ails   you   this 

afternoon察George察for gracious sake拭I   have  seen all   sorts察  and  I 

have seen you pretty often in season and out of season察abroad and 

at home察and I never see you so melancholy penitent。¨ `Why察Mrs 

Bagnet察 says George察 it¨s because I am melancholy  and   penitent 

both察this afternoon察that you see me so。¨ `What have you done察old 

fellow拭 I says。 `Why察Mrs Bagnet察 says George察shaking his head察

`what I have done has been done this many a long year察and is best 

not tried to be undone now。 If I ever get to Heaven察it won¨t be for 

being     a  good   son   to  a  widowed      mother察   I  say   no  more。    Now察

ma¨am察     when   George      says   to   me  that   it¨s  best  not  tried   to   be 

undone now察I have my thoughts as I have often had before察and I 

draw it out of  George  how  he  comes   to  have  such  things   on   him 

that afternoon。 Then George tells me that he has seen by chance察

at the lawyer¨s office察a fine old lady that has brought his mother 

plain before him察and he runs on about that old lady till he quite 

forgets   himself察  and   paints   her   picture   to   me   as   she   used   to   be察

years upon years back。 So I says to George when he has done察who 

is   this  old   lady   he   has   seen拭    And    George     tells  me   it¨s  Mrs 

Rouncewell察      housekeeper       for  more    than    half  a  century     to  the 

Dedlock family down at Chesney Wold in Lincolnshire。 George has 

frequently told me before that he¨s a Lincolnshire man察and I says 



Charles Dickens                                                     ElecBook Classics 


´ Page 1026´

                                   Bleak House                                    1026 



to my old Lignum that night察 Lignum察that¨s his mother for  five´ 

and´for´ty      pound ^     All  this   Mrs    Bagnet     now     relates   for   the 

twentieth  time   at   least   within   the   last   four   hours。   Trilling  it   out察

like a kind of bird察with a pretty high note察that it may be audible 

to the old lady above the hum of the wheels。 

    ^Bless you察and thank you察院says Mrs   Rouncewell。   ^Bless   you察

and thank you察my worthy soul 院

    ^Dear   heart 院  cries   Mrs   Bagnet察  in   the   most   natural   manner。 

^No thanks to me察I am sure。 Thanks to yourself察ma¨am察for being 

so ready to pay ¨em And mind once more察ma¨am察what you had 

best do on finding George to be your own son察is察to make him!for 

your sake!have every sort of help to put himself in the right察and 

clear himself of a charge of which he is as innocent as you or me。 It 

won¨t do to have truth  and   justice   on   his  side察  he  must  have  law 

and lawyers察院exclaims the old girl察apparently persuaded that the 

latter     form    a    separate     establishment察       and    have     dissolved 

partnership with truth and justice for ever and a day。 

    ^He shall have察院says Mrs Rouncewell察 all the help that can be 

got   for   him   in   the   world察  my   dear。   I   will   spend   all   I   have察  and 

thankfully察to procure it。 Sir Leicester will do his best察  the   whole 

family will do their best。 I!I know something察my dear察and   will 

make   my   own   appeal察  as   his   mother   parted   from   him   all   these 

years察and finding him in a jail at last。 ̄ 

    The   extreme   disquietude   of   the   old   housekeeper¨s   manner   in 

saying   this察  her   broken   words察  and   her   wringing   of   her   hands察

make  a powerful   impression   on   Mrs   Bagnet察and  would astonish 

her    but   that   she   refers   them    all  to  her   sorrow     for  her   son¨s 

condition。 And yet Mrs Bagnet wonders察too察why Mrs Rouncewell 

should   murmur   so   distractedly察   My   Lady察  my   Lady察  my   Lady 院



Charles Dickens                                                      ElecBook Classics 


´ Page 1027´

                                    Bleak House                                     1027 



over and over again。 

    The   frosty   night   wears   away察  and   the   dawn   breaks察  and   the 

post´chaise comes rolling on through the early mist察like the ghost 

of a chaise departed。 It has plenty of spectral company察in ghosts 

of   trees   and    hedges察   slowly    vanishing      and   giving    place   to   the 

realities    of  day。   London      reached察    the   travellers    alight察  the   old 

housekeeper in great tribulation and confusion察Mrs Bagnet察quite 

fresh   and   collected!as   she   would   be察  if   her   next   point察  with   no 

new equipage and outfit察were the Cape of Good Hope察the Island 

of Ascension察Hong Kong察or any other military station。 

    But    when     they   set   out  for   the   prison    where    the   trooper     is 

confined察  the   old   lady   has   managed   to   draw  about   her察  with   her 

lavender´coloured   dress察  much  of  the   staid  calmness   which   is   its 

usual      accompaniment。           A    wonderfully        grave察    precise察    and 

handsome   piece   of   old   china   she   looks察  though   her   heart   beats 

fast察   and     her    stomacher        is   ruffled    more      than     even     the 

remembrance of this wayward son has ruffled it these many years。 

    Approaching the cell察they find the door opening and a warder 

in   the   act   of   coming   out。   The   old   girl   promptly   makes   a   sign   of 

entreaty  to  him   to   say   nothing察  assenting察  with   a   nod察  he   suffers 

them to enter as he shuts the door。 

    So察George察who is writing at his table察supposing himself to be 

alone察    does   not   raise   his  eyes察  but   remains     absorbed。      The    old 

housekeeper looks at him察and those wandering hands of hers are 

quite enough for Mrs Bagnet¨s confirmation察even if she could see 

the   mother   and   the   son   together察  knowing   what   she   knows察  and 

doubt their relationship。 

    Not   a   rustle   of   the   housekeeper¨s   dress察  not   a   gesture察  not   a 

word   betrays   her。   She  stands   looking at  him   as   he   writes   on察  all 



Charles Dickens                                                        ElecBook Classics 


´ Page 1028´

                                   Bleak House                                    1028 



unconscious察 and   only  her  fluttering  hands   give   utterance   to   her 

emotions。   But   they   are   very   eloquent察  very察  very   eloquent。   Mrs 

Bagnet understands them。 They speak of gratitude察of joy察of grief察

of   hope察  of   inextinguishable   affection察  cherished   with   no   return 

since this stalwart man was a stripling察of a better son loved less察

and   this   son   loved   so   fondly   and   so   proudly察  and   they   speak   in 

such     touching     language察   that   Mrs    Bagnet¨s    eyes    brim   up   with 

tears察and they run glistening down her sun´brown face。 

    ^George Rouncewell O my dear child察turn and look at me 院

    The   trooper   starts   up察  clasps   his   mother   round   the   neck察  and 

falls down on his knees before her。 Whether in a late repentance察

whether in the first association that comes back upon him察he puts 

his   hands   together   as   a   child   does   when   it   says   its   prayers察  and 

raising them towards her breast察bows down his head察and cries。 

    ^My   George察     my    dearest    son   Always    my    favourite察   and   my 

favourite still察where have you been these cr

卦指朕村 貧匯匈 和匯匈 指欺競何 1 1

低辛嬬浪散議