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1、Eveline(伊芙林) Shesatatthewindowwatchingtheeveninginvadetheavenue.Herheadwasleanedagainstthewindowcurtainsandinhernostrilswastheodourofdustycretonne.Shewastired. Fewpeoplepassed.Themanoutofthelasthousepassedonhiswayhome;sheheardhisfootstepsclackingalongtheconcr
2、etepavementandafterwardscrunchingonthecinderpathbeforethenewredhouses.Onetimethereusedtobeafieldthereinwhichtheyusedtoplayeveryeveningwithotherpeople'schildren.ThenamanfromBelfastboughtthefieldandbuilthousesinit——notliketheirlittlebrownhousesbutbrightbrickhouse
3、swithshiningroofs.Thechildrenoftheavenueusedtoplaytogetherinthatfield——theDevines,theWaters,theDunns,littleKeoghthecripple,sheandherbrothersandsisters.Ernest,however,neverplayed:hewastoogrownup.Herfatherusedoftentohunttheminoutofthefieldwithhisblackthornstick;b
4、utusuallylittleKeoghusedtokeepnixandcalloutwhenhesawherfathercoming.Stilltheyseemedtohavebeenratherhappythen.Herfatherwasnotsobadthen;andbesides,hermotherwasalive.Thatwasalongtimeago;sheandherbrothersandsisterswereallgrownuphermotherwasdead.TizzieDunnwasdead,to
5、o,andtheWatershadgonebacktoEngland.Everythingchanges.Nowshewasgoingtogoawayliketheothers,toleaveherhome.Home!Shelookedroundtheroom,reviewingallitsfamiliarobjectswhichshehaddustedonceaweekforsomanyyears,wonderingwhereonearthallthedustcamefrom.Perhapsshewouldneve
6、rseeagainthosefamiliarobjectsfromwhichshehadneverdreamedofbeingdivided.AndyetduringallthoseyearsshehadneverfoundoutthenameofthepriestwhoseyellowingphotographhungonthewallabovethebrokenharmoniumbesidethecolouredprintofthepromisesmadetoBlessedMargaretMaryAlacoque
7、.Hehadbeenaschoolfriendofherfather.Wheneverheshowedthephotographtoavisitorherfatherusedtopassitwithacasualword:“HeisinMelbournenow.” Shehadconsentedtogoaway,toleaveherhome.Wasthatwise?Shetriedtoweigheachsideofthequestion.Inherhomeanywayshehadshelterandfood;she
8、hadthosewhomshehadknownallherlifeabouther.Ofcourseshehadtoworkhard,bothinthehouseandatbusiness.WhatwouldtheysayofherintheStoreswhentheyfoundoutthatshehadrunawaywithafellow?S
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