Chapter Six (第1/2页)
Gentleman first. Mr Lilly and Maud stood at to
see ched from her window. She shook his
O rap took o the
station at Marlo put back, his
face our way, his eyes now on hers, now on mine.
t.
of sign. o. . o travel train, t. e o keep to Mauds parlour till midnigo meet us at truck the half.
t day passed just like all t to o do, and I slo ime, of course, I for ake. e sat at lunco t ime we
, yet t s came togetarted apart, as if stung; but if, like me, s kno look at ood still, like a statue. Only no at able ones. I , I t, to look. ting. It made miing, too.
t to to mine. Doairs in t, everyone was gloomy.
Dohey said.
Mrs Cakebreads face let a spoon drop, s arted our di out g at table, and o run from t his .
ook it very set on going to London as Mr Riverss man.
You get bading up, his powder flying. Boy ye, fellow like him, Id be ashamed!
But e baot for Mr ay nor anyone. akileman s, poliss, bruss. No house in England.
on tairs and , and ters. Mr ay and gave ing. e against Charless backside, and yelps.
t put rate it in silence, and ilt, I did not go iles to try to take my pudding. I said I did. Mrs Stiles looked me over, then looked away.
your h in London.
But it o me, w s. I s see , or Mrs Cakebread—ever again.
I said Good-nig upstairs. Maud, of course, ill il s ogets and pieces o be taken. It uff dress I left be in more t it at ttom of my trunk. I left t, too. e could only take bags. Maud te. tters so bold even I could read thers name, which was like hers.
I liig one, o save tumbling about and gro in one of e kid glove, tons of pearl. S ond supposed it lost. I meant to keep it, to remind me of her.
I t my wo.
ting onight!
I and take a little, t a and rubbed at t, greered. ed, I stepped from her.
tly, .
S y stuff. s, I finis through me like a flame.
No c out leave off the cage.
For t it, dress at last became a long one, and shan ever. She
out boots to ouchem, and shook her head.
Youve done everyt of it all. I s, you.
Seful and sad. God knotling do up. t nine. She said,
til he es.
S in t I hree weeks.
e put t in ood at see t t of ter lying beyond it, cool and ready, ing like us. e stood for an notimes s s cold. At last ting began to tell even on me, and I began to fidget. I t I mig I mig out ; but I to took out all tigrap on a buckle, it broke. t peris a needle, and serap tig, itc my mouto to bite it, and tasted salt.
the opening of Mauds door.
My gave a jump. I put t of sigood and listened. No sound at all. I to to tains t in; but ty, Maud was gone.
S tiptoed to it and squinted into t tigs of the opening
and sting of anot I couldnt be sure. I called once, in a , straining my ears, looking teps into tening again. I put my ogetig I o be , rat it like o go te a reason or a word?
ruck eleven I called again, and took anoteps along t t caug tripped. S a dle, s so it rao me. I didnt dare er ook a urning in t never make my again.
So I only ed, ting tes. I back to t out tood at t c t, ter leman, ing closer as I c?
At last, o a latruck tood and trembled at eag of t one sounded, a as it.—And, as I t it, I ts—s ts.
Five me, Sue! s to my uncles library. I ed to see it, a final time. But I couldnt go until I knew he was asleep.
Sured and silent, alone among t, be quick. e here, e on.
I gave ened up mine. S all seeto cter. I gave est bag. tood before a fio h.
Noeady, I said.
All my nervousness me, and I of my mothe dark and sleeping houses she
must olen like wine.
e by ts stairs. I eps t particularly creaked; no tart of to trs Stiless pantry, I made op and and listen. S ; but t, and no sounds from any, t softened our ss rustle and swish.
to t t in it: I dre out before I tur, and put a little beef fat to t; and t more fat to ts t faste ttom and top. I t from Mrs Cakebreads cupboard. t tounded sort of look. I said softly,
t would be hard.
t isfa of t t , t my so t tigo its frame: after t, turned smoots slid in tle as babies.
tside, great black seful for t to t , going quickly and softly from oo anot across a er of lao trees beyond. So run. Only once I felt ate, and turned and found t seemed a smile. ts in tc, like a and for almost a mihen pulled her hand.
No e, I said.
Surned look agai, along a damp and tangled pat at tures leapt in t trample t o t t brig me and took out us t, te fast at our backs.
No of ttle freer. e set doood still in truck ts. t er, tleman. e ened, and t all tars t . More stars tural. t Maud. S o ook my ook it, not to be led by me, not to be forted; only to , because it was mine.
In tar moved, and uro c.
ts luck, I said.
truck. t air made it s t rose anotler sound—epped apart—it er against t. I sater s of moonlig a sile glided toleman . see us, see us; but it me wepped forward
first, it iffly to ters edge, took t tugging of t, until t eady.
I dont remember if Gentleman spoke. I dont believe me, except, once landing-place, to give me ten planks. I t all in silence. I kno s bulged as —for, ook up to turn us, er filling all t Maud sat steady. I saleman looking ill no-one spoke, all in a moment, and t moved quick. tream e, trees instead. Maud sat looking.
e very carefully. t ill. Gentlema as close as o trees . But t, to ear to t up and dark. Once, opped t us glide in silence; but still no-one o look. ter t, ts. t, tlemans e of his cheek above his whisker.
e did not keep upon t a spot upon t. tarted from. a . er, sat Maud upon trapped her bags beside her. he said,
e must go anot ans be brave. e are very close now.
t me and nodded. e started off—iff upon it, me no-one. Again I looked at tars. You never saars s he sky was never so dark and so clear.
ts of the road.
e rat be s and made sick. S last to t tages, and a great dark carted barking. Gentleman kicked it and made it yelp. o ttage t t, and tern. ting. t t stretco get a good look at Maud. Sleman a curtsey. tever you call y ed shaving. he said,
Good-nigo you. Good-nigo you, miss. And , for an escapade!
Gentleman said only, Is everyt o Maud, to epped ao me, but stood aloill studied udying , s of fear. Perleman , o age, if it came to a c to seem t miscarried, later.
I , I t, for five hundred more.
I t t, even as I stood c
Maud and ing ; even as I ed myself, for t. ther bow.
Alls ready indeed, sir, tle matter of— In ligances—
Yes, yes, said Gentleman. ook t -book. tossed its from one of ttages a boy o lead it a to me, and it was me ouco. Of course, seen e a lady; and sood in suc she maid.
S see it. S under ogeto cume? So visit once?
ell do it at once, said Gentleman, before anyone else could anstle ood very stiff. I to tled ter folds; and t look at me. tens, miss.—For I kne, bee kid gloves. I said, You ter go to your tens.
S me draood and crossed o me, No flo Gentleman. he shrugged.
S anshe absence of a flower. Now, sir, if you will—
I said, You mig least get one floo church!
I t of it until t; but now—ohe
cruelty of taking a bloom, to be once a frig bear it. My voice came out sounding almost leman gazed at me and frourned o me and said slowly,
I s oo.
it seemed to grotle stranger. Gentlema out o look about of of t. e stood in a muddy kind of green, o the woman,
you not take? you a flo? S a miepped nimbly bato tage; and last alks t looked ready to snap.
It ood and gazed at it, and no-oook talks and divided to me, but keeping t for leman lit up a cigarette and took t, t a stayed gloo took up tern, and led us te and along a patilting gravesto tleman, and o be nesses. her name was Mrs Cream.
e far? she said.
I did not answer.
t and, even , looked quite black. I e uro yello, about tar and t t try to sit, but straigo tar, and tood
before us tood and tding at Gentlemans side, igo oue t only to ruin her.
S to be married, and h. And soon no-one would love her, ever again.
I saleman look at to t of t asked if anybody to w be married; and ill.
I hing.
So t on, looking at Maud and at Gentleman, asking t, on t to give up all ts of ts; and ter give t.
Again there was a silence.
So turo Gentleman. ill you, of it—ill you have her and honour her, for as long as you live?
I leman.
tated, then spoke.
I will, she said.
tleman stood a little easier. tret c.
o be married? he said.
I kept quite still, till Gentleman turo me; and tured and stood at Mauds side, and t take to to put it into Gentlemans. I , t anyt
iff and cold as fingers made of leman o ook seemed to rise like smoke into to vanish.
tleman broug, and ook time repeating t seemed gold in t, but—I sa later—it was bad.
It hen raised his hands and closed his eyes.
t God oget no man put in sunder.
And t .
they were married.
Gentleman kissed ood and swayed, as if dazed. Mrs Cream said in a murmur,
S knoer— plum feller like him. heh heh.
I did not turn to ar to t ter. leman e o be Mrs Rivers—e ours beleman o e Smit still, I e it clumsily and tered—pers. I sa things should swoop.
Gentleman took , and t off. fast, and as ook —o snuff like a ligook us to her
cottage. Sern, and of tilting stairs too narros, and to a landing, about as big as a cupboard, for a moment and t laid upon tern and was singed.
to ttle bedrooms of t ratress on a pallet on tleman and Maud. S into it, and stood not. to took , one by one, and put t cleman ste. It icoat but Mauds sogs, afraid. he said,
ell, I ste doairs. Sue, youll make table up here?
I did not anss sounding loud as taircase trembling. I side triking a match.
I looked at Maud. Sill alks of y. Sook a step towards me and said quickly,
If I s to you later, will you e?
I took t t; It e.
S still . Sen to me, I mean it. Never mind o you, say youll e. Ill give you money for it.
range. gripped me of hing was awful. I said,
er take your drops and they will make you sleep.
Sleep? s to sleep, on my ?
Sood at o undress aken I turned and said, quietly,
You ter use t. You ter wash ys, before he es.
I t c er. to stand at, and o to able, no box, no portrait, no lig out her hand as if blind.
ts and pulled t . Against te of t I k alking toget light showed.
I looked at Maud. S my gaze. gleamed like glass. ill you look aill? surn my urned back. I could not , t errible to see. Gentleman talked on. Some breeze got into till shen she spoke again.
e here, she said.
I s again. I s t to softly to ed o mout ears; and I could not kiss my , no, and noer, running, from t of her lips.
But t oo hers; and she seized my hand
and took it, first to o hey burned.
t feeling uro somet you do it? sly, reacer me. Didnt
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Gentleman first. Mr Lilly and Maud stood at to
see ched from her window. She shook his
O rap took o the
station at Marlo put back, his
face our way, his eyes now on hers, now on mine.
t.
of sign. o. . o travel train, t. e o keep to Mauds parlour till midnigo meet us at truck the half.
t day passed just like all t to o do, and I slo ime, of course, I for ake. e sat at lunco t ime we
, yet t s came togetarted apart, as if stung; but if, like me, s kno look at ood still, like a statue. Only no at able ones. I , I t, to look. ting. It made miing, too.
t to to mine. Doairs in t, everyone was gloomy.
Dohey said.
Mrs Cakebreads face let a spoon drop, s arted our di out g at table, and o run from t his .
ook it very set on going to London as Mr Riverss man.
You get bading up, his powder flying. Boy ye, fellow like him, Id be ashamed!
But e baot for Mr ay nor anyone. akileman s, poliss, bruss. No house in England.
on tairs and , and ters. Mr ay and gave ing. e against Charless backside, and yelps.
t put rate it in silence, and ilt, I did not go iles to try to take my pudding. I said I did. Mrs Stiles looked me over, then looked away.
your h in London.
But it o me, w s. I s see , or Mrs Cakebread—ever again.
I said Good-nig upstairs. Maud, of course, ill il s ogets and pieces o be taken. It uff dress I left be in more t it at ttom of my trunk. I left t, too. e could only take bags. Maud te. tters so bold even I could read thers name, which was like hers.
I liig one, o save tumbling about and gro in one of e kid glove, tons of pearl. S ond supposed it lost. I meant to keep it, to remind me of her.
I t my wo.
ting onight!
I and take a little, t a and rubbed at t, greered. ed, I stepped from her.
tly, .
S y stuff. s, I finis through me like a flame.
No c out leave off the cage.
For t it, dress at last became a long one, and shan ever. She
out boots to ouchem, and shook her head.
Youve done everyt of it all. I s, you.
Seful and sad. God knotling do up. t nine. She said,
til he es.
S in t I hree weeks.
e put t in ood at see t t of ter lying beyond it, cool and ready, ing like us. e stood for an notimes s s cold. At last ting began to tell even on me, and I began to fidget. I t I mig I mig out ; but I to took out all tigrap on a buckle, it broke. t peris a needle, and serap tig, itc my mouto to bite it, and tasted salt.
the opening of Mauds door.
My gave a jump. I put t of sigood and listened. No sound at all. I to to tains t in; but ty, Maud was gone.
S tiptoed to it and squinted into t tigs of the opening
and sting of anot I couldnt be sure. I called once, in a , straining my ears, looking teps into tening again. I put my ogetig I o be , rat it like o go te a reason or a word?
ruck eleven I called again, and took anoteps along t t caug tripped. S a dle, s so it rao me. I didnt dare er ook a urning in t never make my again.
So I only ed, ting tes. I back to t out tood at t c t, ter leman, ing closer as I c?
At last, o a latruck tood and trembled at eag of t one sounded, a as it.—And, as I t it, I ts—s ts.
Five me, Sue! s to my uncles library. I ed to see it, a final time. But I couldnt go until I knew he was asleep.
Sured and silent, alone among t, be quick. e here, e on.
I gave ened up mine. S all seeto cter. I gave est bag. tood before a fio h.
Noeady, I said.
All my nervousness me, and I of my mothe dark and sleeping houses she
must olen like wine.
e by ts stairs. I eps t particularly creaked; no tart of to trs Stiless pantry, I made op and and listen. S ; but t, and no sounds from any, t softened our ss rustle and swish.
to t t in it: I dre out before I tur, and put a little beef fat to t; and t more fat to ts t faste ttom and top. I t from Mrs Cakebreads cupboard. t tounded sort of look. I said softly,
t would be hard.
t isfa of t t , t my so t tigo its frame: after t, turned smoots slid in tle as babies.
tside, great black seful for t to t , going quickly and softly from oo anot across a er of lao trees beyond. So run. Only once I felt ate, and turned and found t seemed a smile. ts in tc, like a and for almost a mihen pulled her hand.
No e, I said.
Surned look agai, along a damp and tangled pat at tures leapt in t trample t o t t brig me and took out us t, te fast at our backs.
No of ttle freer. e set doood still in truck ts. t er, tleman. e ened, and t all tars t . More stars tural. t Maud. S o ook my ook it, not to be led by me, not to be forted; only to , because it was mine.
In tar moved, and uro c.
ts luck, I said.
truck. t air made it s t rose anotler sound—epped apart—it er against t. I sater s of moonlig a sile glided toleman . see us, see us; but it me wepped forward
first, it iffly to ters edge, took t tugging of t, until t eady.
I dont remember if Gentleman spoke. I dont believe me, except, once landing-place, to give me ten planks. I t all in silence. I kno s bulged as —for, ook up to turn us, er filling all t Maud sat steady. I saleman looking ill no-one spoke, all in a moment, and t moved quick. tream e, trees instead. Maud sat looking.
e very carefully. t ill. Gentlema as close as o trees . But t, to ear to t up and dark. Once, opped t us glide in silence; but still no-one o look. ter t, ts. t, tlemans e of his cheek above his whisker.
e did not keep upon t a spot upon t. tarted from. a . er, sat Maud upon trapped her bags beside her. he said,
e must go anot ans be brave. e are very close now.
t me and nodded. e started off—iff upon it, me no-one. Again I looked at tars. You never saars s he sky was never so dark and so clear.
ts of the road.
e rat be s and made sick. S last to t tages, and a great dark carted barking. Gentleman kicked it and made it yelp. o ttage t t, and tern. ting. t t stretco get a good look at Maud. Sleman a curtsey. tever you call y ed shaving. he said,
Good-nigo you. Good-nigo you, miss. And , for an escapade!
Gentleman said only, Is everyt o Maud, to epped ao me, but stood aloill studied udying , s of fear. Perleman , o age, if it came to a c to seem t miscarried, later.
I , I t, for five hundred more.
I t t, even as I stood c
Maud and ing ; even as I ed myself, for t. ther bow.
Alls ready indeed, sir, tle matter of— In ligances—
Yes, yes, said Gentleman. ook t -book. tossed its from one of ttages a boy o lead it a to me, and it was me ouco. Of course, seen e a lady; and sood in suc she maid.
S see it. S under ogeto cume? So visit once?
ell do it at once, said Gentleman, before anyone else could anstle ood very stiff. I to tled ter folds; and t look at me. tens, miss.—For I kne, bee kid gloves. I said, You ter go to your tens.
S me draood and crossed o me, No flo Gentleman. he shrugged.
S anshe absence of a flower. Now, sir, if you will—
I said, You mig least get one floo church!
I t of it until t; but now—ohe
cruelty of taking a bloom, to be once a frig bear it. My voice came out sounding almost leman gazed at me and frourned o me and said slowly,
I s oo.
it seemed to grotle stranger. Gentlema out o look about of of t. e stood in a muddy kind of green, o the woman,
you not take? you a flo? S a miepped nimbly bato tage; and last alks t looked ready to snap.
It ood and gazed at it, and no-oook talks and divided to me, but keeping t for leman lit up a cigarette and took t, t a stayed gloo took up tern, and led us te and along a patilting gravesto tleman, and o be nesses. her name was Mrs Cream.
e far? she said.
I did not answer.
t and, even , looked quite black. I e uro yello, about tar and t t try to sit, but straigo tar, and tood
before us tood and tding at Gentlemans side, igo oue t only to ruin her.
S to be married, and h. And soon no-one would love her, ever again.
I saleman look at to t of t asked if anybody to w be married; and ill.
I hing.
So t on, looking at Maud and at Gentleman, asking t, on t to give up all ts of ts; and ter give t.
Again there was a silence.
So turo Gentleman. ill you, of it—ill you have her and honour her, for as long as you live?
I leman.
tated, then spoke.
I will, she said.
tleman stood a little easier. tret c.
o be married? he said.
I kept quite still, till Gentleman turo me; and tured and stood at Mauds side, and t take to to put it into Gentlemans. I , t anyt
iff and cold as fingers made of leman o ook seemed to rise like smoke into to vanish.
tleman broug, and ook time repeating t seemed gold in t, but—I sa later—it was bad.
It hen raised his hands and closed his eyes.
t God oget no man put in sunder.
And t .
they were married.
Gentleman kissed ood and swayed, as if dazed. Mrs Cream said in a murmur,
S knoer— plum feller like him. heh heh.
I did not turn to ar to t ter. leman e o be Mrs Rivers—e ours beleman o e Smit still, I e it clumsily and tered—pers. I sa things should swoop.
Gentleman took , and t off. fast, and as ook —o snuff like a ligook us to her
cottage. Sern, and of tilting stairs too narros, and to a landing, about as big as a cupboard, for a moment and t laid upon tern and was singed.
to ttle bedrooms of t ratress on a pallet on tleman and Maud. S into it, and stood not. to took , one by one, and put t cleman ste. It icoat but Mauds sogs, afraid. he said,
ell, I ste doairs. Sue, youll make table up here?
I did not anss sounding loud as taircase trembling. I side triking a match.
I looked at Maud. Sill alks of y. Sook a step towards me and said quickly,
If I s to you later, will you e?
I took t t; It e.
S still . Sen to me, I mean it. Never mind o you, say youll e. Ill give you money for it.
range. gripped me of hing was awful. I said,
er take your drops and they will make you sleep.
Sleep? s to sleep, on my ?
Sood at o undress aken I turned and said, quietly,
You ter use t. You ter wash ys, before he es.
I t c er. to stand at, and o to able, no box, no portrait, no lig out her hand as if blind.
ts and pulled t . Against te of t I k alking toget light showed.
I looked at Maud. S my gaze. gleamed like glass. ill you look aill? surn my urned back. I could not , t errible to see. Gentleman talked on. Some breeze got into till shen she spoke again.
e here, she said.
I s again. I s t to softly to ed o mout ears; and I could not kiss my , no, and noer, running, from t of her lips.
But t oo hers; and she seized my hand
and took it, first to o hey burned.
t feeling uro somet you do it? sly, reacer me. Didnt
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