bleak house(奈噌議型徨)-及135何蛍
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��
conversation before the fire�察�leaning on opposite sides of the table�察�
with their heads very near together�察 �that he told you of his having
Charles Dickens ElecBook Classics
´ Page 623´
Bleak House 623
taken the bundle of letters from his lodger¨s portmanteau�拭院�
^That was the time�察 �sir�察院 �answered Tony�察 �faintly adjusting his
whiskers。 ^Whereupon I wrote a line to my dear boy�察 �the
Honourable William Guppy�察�informing him of the appointment for
tonight�察 �and advising him not to call before�此 �Boguey being a
Slyboots。 ̄
The light vivacious tone of fashionable life which is usually
assumed by Mr Weevle�察 �sits so ill upon him tonight�察 �that he
abandons that and his whiskers together�察 �and�察 �after looking over
his shoulder�察 �appears to yield himself up�察 �a prey to the horrors
again。
^You are to bring the letters to your room to read and compare�察�
and to get yourself into a position to tell him all about them。 That¨s
the arrangement�察�isn¨t it�察�Tony�拭院�asks Mr Guppy�察�anxiously biting
his thumbnail。
^You can¨t speak too low。 Yes。 That¨s what he and I agreed。 ̄
^I tell you what�察�Tony! ̄
^You can¨t speak too low�察院 �says Tony once more。 Mr Guppy
nods his sagacious head�察 �advances it yet closer�察 �and drops into a
whisper。
^I tell you what。 The first thing to be done is�察�to make another
packet�察�like the real one�察�so that�察 �if he should ask to see the real
one while it¨s in my possession�察�you can show him the dummy。 ̄
^And suppose he detects the dummy as soon as he sees it!
which with his biting screw of an eye is about five hundred times
more likely than not�察院�suggests Tony。
^Then we¨ll face it out。 They don¨t belong to him�察 �and they
never did。 You found that�察�and you placed them in my hands!a
legal friend of yours!for security。 If he forces us to it�察 �they¨ll be
Charles Dickens ElecBook Classics
´ Page 624´
Bleak House 624
producible�察�won¨t they�拭院�
^Ye´es�察院�is Mr Weevle¨s reluctant admission。
^Why�察�Tony�察院�remonstrates his friend�察 �how you look� �You don¨t
doubt William Guppy�拭�You don¨t suspect any harm�拭院�
^I don¨t suspect anything more than I know�察�William�察院�returned
the other�察�gravely。
^And what do you know�拭院�urges Mr Guppy�察�raising his voice a
little�察�but on his friend¨s once more warning him�察 �I tell you�察�you
can¨t speak too low�察院�he repeats his question without any sound at
all�察�forming with his lips only the words�察 �What do you know�拭院�
^I know three things。 First�察�I know that here we are whispering
in secrecy�察�a pair of conspirators。 ̄
^Well� 院 �says Mr Guppy�察 �and we had better be that�察 �than the
pair of noodles�察 �which we should be�察 �if we were doing anything
else�察�for it¨s the only way of doing what we want to do。 Secondly�拭院�
^Secondly�察 �it¨s not made out to me how it¨s likely to be
profitable�察�after all。 ̄
Mr Guppy casts up his eyes at the portrait of Lady Dedlock over
the mantel´shelf�察�and replies�察 �Tony�察�you are asked to leave that to
the honour of your friend。 Besides its being calculated to serve
that friend�察 �in those chords of the human mind which!which
need not be called into agonising vibration on the present
occasion!your friend is no fool。 What¨s that�拭院�
^It¨s eleven o¨clock striking by the bell of Saint Paul¨s。 Listen�察�
and you¨ll hear all the bells in the city jangling。 ̄
Both sit silent�察 �listening to the metal voices�察 �near and distant�察�
resounding from towers of various heights�察�in tones more various
than their situations。 When these at length cease�察�all seems more
mysterious and quiet than before。 One disagreeable result of
Charles Dickens ElecBook Classics
´ Page 625´
Bleak House 625
whispering is�察 �that it seems to evoke an atmosphere of silence�察�
haunted by the ghosts of sound!strange cracks and tickings�察�the
rustling of garments that have no substance in them�察�and the tread
of dreadful feet�察�that would leave no mark on the sea´sand or the
winter snow。 So sensitive the two friends happen to be�察�that the air
is full of these phantoms�察�and the two look over their shoulders by
one consent�察�to see that the door is shut。
^Yes�察 �Tony�拭院 �says Mr Guppy�察 �drawing nearer to the fire�察 �and
biting his unsteady thumbnail。 ^You were going to say�察�thirdly�拭院�
^It¨s far from a pleasant thing to be plotting about a dead man
in the room where he died�察�especially when you happen to live in
it。 ̄
^But we are plotting nothing against him�察�Tony。 ̄
^May be not�察�still I don¨t like it。 Live here by yourself�察�and see
how you like it。 ̄
^As to dead men�察 �Tony�察院 �proceeds Mr Guppy�察 �evading this
proposal�察 �there have been dead men in most rooms。 ̄
^I know there have�察 �but in most rooms you let them alone�察�
and!and they let you alone�察院�Tony answers。
The two look at each other again。 Mr Guppy makes a hurried
remark to the effect that they may be doing the deceased a service�察�
that he hopes so。 There is an oppressive blank�察 �until Mr Weevle�察�
by stirring the fire suddenly�察�makes Mr Guppy start as if his heart
had been stirred instead。
^Fah� �Here¨s more of this hateful soot hanging about�察院�says he。
^Let us open the window a bit and get a mouthful of air。 It¨s too
close。 ̄
He raises the sash�察�and they both rest on the window´sill�察�half in
and half out of the room。 The neighbouring houses are too near�察�to
Charles Dickens ElecBook Classics
´ Page 626´
Bleak House 626
admit of their seeing any sky without craning their necks and
looking up�察�but lights in frowsy windows here and there�察�and the
rolling of distant carriages�察�and the new expression that there is of
the stir of men�察�they find to be comfortable。 Mr Guppy�察�noiselessly
tapping on the window´sill�察 �resumes his whispering in quite a
light´comedy tone。
^By´the´bye�察 �Tony�察 �don¨t forget old Smallweed�察院 �meaning the
Younger of that name。 ^I have not let him into this�察 �you know。
That grandfather of his is too keen by half。 It runs in the family。 ̄
^I remember�察院 �says Tony。 ^I am up to all that ̄ ^And as to
Krook�察院�resumes Mr Guppy。 ^Now�察�do you suppose he really has
got hold of any other papers of importance�察�as he has boasted to
you�察�since you have been such allies�拭院�
Tony shakes his head。 ^I don¨t know。 Can¨t imagine。 If we get
through this business without rousing his suspicions�察 �I shall be
better informed no doubt。 How can I know without seeing them�察�
when he don¨t know himself�拭�He is always spelling out words from
them�察 �and chalking them over the table and the shop´wall�察 �and
asking what this is�察 �and what that is�察 �but his whole stock�察 �from
beginning to end�察�may easily be the waste paper he bought it as�察�
for anything I can say。 It¨s a monomania with him�察�to think he is
possessed of documents。 He has been going to learn to read them
this last quarter of a century�察 �I should judge�察 �from what he tells
me。 ̄
^How did he first come by that idea�察 �though�拭 �that¨s the
question�察院 �Mr Guppy suggests with one eye shut�察 �after a little
forensic meditation。 ^He may have found papers in some thing he
bought�察�where papers were not supposed to be�察�and may have got
it into his shrewd head�察 �from the manner and place of their
Charles Dickens ElecBook Classics
´ Page 627´
Bleak House 627
concealment�察�that they are worth something。 ̄
^Or he may have been taken in�察�in some pretended bargain。 Or
he may have been muddled altogether�察�by long staring at whatever
he has got�察 �and by drink�察 �and by hanging about the Lord
Chancellor¨s court and hearing of documents for ever�察院�returns Mr
Weevle。
Mr Guppy sitting on the window´sill�察 �nodding his head and
balancing all these possibilities in his mind�察�continues thoughtfully
to tap it�察�and clasp it�察�and measure it with his hand�察�until he hastily
draws his hand away。
^What�察 �in the Devil¨s name�察院 �he says�察 �is this� �Look at my
fingers� 院�
A thick�察 �yellow liquor defiles them�察 �which is offensive to the
touch and sight�察 �and more offensive to the smell。 A stagnant�察�
sickening oil�察 �with some natural repulsion in it that makes them
both shudder。
^What have you been doing here�拭�What have you been pouring
out of