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1、DRIFTFROMTWOSHORESDRIFTFROMTWOSHORESbyBRETHARTE1DRIFTFROMTWOSHORES2DRIFTFROMTWOSHORESTHEMANONTHEBEACHIHelivedbesideariverthatemptiedintoagreatocean.Thenarrowstripoflandthatlaybetweenhimandtheestuarywascoveredathightidebyashiningfilmofwater,atlowtidewiththecast-u
2、pofferingsofseaandshore.Logsyetgreen,andsaplingswashedawayfrominlandbanks,batteredfragmentsofwrecksandorangecratesofbamboo,brokenintotinyraftsyetodorouswiththeirlostfreight,layinlongsuccessivecurves,--thefringesandoverlappingsofthesea.Athighnoontheshadowofaseagu
3、ll'swing,orasuddenflurryandgraysquallofsand-pipers,themselvesbutshadows,wasallthatbrokethemonotonousglareofthelevelsands.Hehadlivedtherealoneforatwelvemonth.Althoughbutafewmilesfromathrivingsettlement,duringthattimehisretirementhadneverbeenintrudedupon,hisseclus
4、ionremainedunbroken.Inanyothercommunityhemighthavebeenthesubjectofrumororcriticism,buttheminersatCampRogueandthetradersatTrinidadHead,themselvesindividualandeccentric,wereprofoundlyindifferenttoallotherformsofeccentricityorheterodoxythatdidnotcomeincontactwithth
5、eirown.Andcertainlytherewasnoformofeccentricitylessaggressivethanthatofahermit,hadtheychosentogivehimthatappellation.Buttheydidnotevendothat,probablyfromlackofinterestorperception.Tothevarioustraderswhosuppliedhissmallwantshewasknownas"Kernel,""Judge,"and"Boss."
6、Tothegeneralpublic"TheManontheBeach"wasconsideredasufficientlydistinguishingtitle.Hisname,hisoccupation,rank,orantecedents,nobodycaredtoinquire.Whetherthisarosefromafearofreciprocalinquiryandinterest,orfromtheprofoundindifferencebeforereferredto,Icannotsay.Hedid
7、notlooklikeahermit.Amanyetyoung,erect,well-dressed,clean-shaven,withalowvoice,andasmilehalfmelancholy,halfcynical,wasscarcelytheconventionalideaofasolitary.Hisdwelling,arude3DRIFTFROMTWOSHORESimprovementonafisherman'scabin,hadallthesevereexteriorsimplicityoffron
8、tierarchitecture,butwithinitwascomfortableandwholesome.Threerooms--akitchen,alivingroom,andabedroom--wereallitcontained.Hehadlivedtherelongenoughtoseethedullmonotonyo
