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1、TheSacredFountbyHenryJames1901Chapter1Itwasanoccasion,Ifelt--theprospectofalargeparty--tolookoutatthestationforothers,possiblefriendsandevenpossibleenemies,whomightbegoing.Suchpremonitions,itwastrue,bredfearswhentheyfailedtobreedhopes,thoughitwastobeaddedthatthereweresometimes,inthecase,
2、ratherhappyambiguities.Onewasgloweredat,inthecompartment,bypeoplewhoonthemorrow,afterbreakfast,weretoprovecharming;onewasspokentofirstbypeoplewhosesociabilitywassubsequentlytoshowasbleak;andonebuiltwithconfidenceonotherswhowerenevertoreappearatall--whowereonlygoingtoBirmingham.AssoonasIs
3、awGilbertLong,somewayuptheplatform,however,Iknewhimasanelement.ItwasnotsomuchthatthewishwasfathertothethoughtasthatIrememberedhavingalreadymorethanoncemethimatNewmarch.Hewasafriendofthehouse--hewouldn'tbegoingtoBirmingham.Isolittleexpectedhim,atthesametime,torecognisemethatIstoppedshorto
4、fthecarriagenearwhichhestood--Ilookedforaseatthatwouldn'tmakeusneighbours.IhadmethimatNewmarchonly--aplaceofacharmsospecialastocreateratherabondamongitsguests;buthehadalways,intheinterval,sofailedtoknowmethatIcouldonlyholdhimasstupidunlessIheldhimasimpertinent.Hewasstupidinfact,andinthat
5、characterhadnobusinessatNewmarch;buthehadalso,nodoubt,hissystem,whichheappliedwithoutdiscernment.Iwondered,whileIsawmythingsputintomycorner,whatNewmarchcouldseeinhim--foritalwayshadtoseesomethingbeforeitmadeasign.Hisgoodlooks,whichwerestriking,perhapspaidhisway--hissixfeetandmoreofstatur
6、e,hislow-growing,tight-curlinghair,hisbig,bare,bloomingface.Hewasafinepieceofhumanfurniture--hemadeasmallpartyseemmorenumerous.This,atleast,wastheimpressionofhimthathadrevivedbeforeIsteppedoutagaintotheplatform,anditarmedmeonlyatfirstwithsurprisewhenIsawhimcomedowntomeasifforagreeting.If
7、hehaddecidedatlasttotreatmeasanacquaintancemade,itwasnonethelessacaseforlettinghimcomealltheway.That,accordingly,waswhathedid,andwithsoclearaconscience,Ihastentoadd,thatattheendofaminuteweweretalkingtogetherquiteaswiththetraditionofpromptintimacy.Hewasgood-lookingenough,I
