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1、THEWARDENTHEWARDENAnthonyTrollope1THEWARDENCHAPTERIHiram'sHospitalTheRev.SeptimusHardingwas,afewyearssince,abeneficedclergymanresidinginthecathedraltownof---;letuscallitBarchester.WerewetonameWellsorSalisbury,Exeter,Hereford,orGloucester,itmightbepresumedth
2、atsomethingpersonalwasintended;andasthistalewillrefermainlytothecathedraldignitariesofthetowninquestion,weareanxiousthatnopersonalitymaybesuspected.LetuspresumethatBarchesterisaquiettownintheWestofEngland,moreremarkableforthebeautyofitscathedralandtheantiqu
3、ityofitsmonumentsthanforanycommercialprosperity;thatthewestendofBarchesteristhecathedralclose,andthatthearistocracyofBarchesterarethebishop,dean,andcanons,withtheirrespectivewivesanddaughters.EarlyinlifeMrHardingfoundhimselflocatedatBarchester.Afinevoiceand
4、atasteforsacredmusichaddecidedthepositioninwhichhewastoexercisehiscalling,andformanyyearsheperformedtheeasybutnothighlypaiddutiesofaminorcanon.Attheageoffortyasmalllivingintheclosevicinityofthetownincreasedbothhisworkandhisincome,andattheageoffiftyhebecamep
5、recentorofthecathedral.MrHardinghadmarriedearlyinlife,andwasthefatheroftwodaughters.Theeldest,Susan,wasbornsoonafterhismarriage;theother,Eleanor,nottilltenyearslater.AtthetimeatwhichweintroducehimtoourreadershewaslivingasprecentoratBarchesterwithhisyoungest
6、daughter,thentwenty-fouryearsofage;havingbeenmanyyearsawidower,andhavingmarriedhiseldestdaughtertoasonofthebishopaveryshorttimebeforehisinstallationtotheofficeofprecentor.ScandalatBarchesteraffirmedthathaditnotbeenforthebeautyofhisdaughter,MrHardingwouldhav
7、eremainedaminorcanon,buthereprobablyScandallied,asshesooftendoes;forevenasaminorcanonnoonehadbeenmorepopularamonghisreverendbrethrenintheclosethanMrHarding;andScandal,beforeshehadreprobatedMrHardingforbeingmadeprecentorbyhisfriendthebishop,hadloudlyblamedth
8、ebishopforhavingsolongomittedtodosomethingforhisfriendMrHarding.Be2THEWARDENthisasitmay,SusanHarding,sometwelveyearssince,hadmarriedtheRev.DrTheophilusGrantly,sonofthebishop,archdeaconofBarchester,andr
