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1、BUNNERSISTERSBYEDITHWHARTONPARTIIInthedayswhenNewYork'strafficmovedatthepaceofthedroopinghorse-car,whensocietyapplaudedChristineNilssonattheAcademyofMusicandbaskedinthesunsetsoftheHudsonRiverSchoolonthewallsoftheNationalAcademyofDesign,aninconspicuousshopwithasingleshow-windowwasint
2、imatelyandfavourablyknowntothefemininepopulationofthequarterborderingonStuyvesantSquare.Itwasaverysmallshop,inashabbybasement,inaside-streetalreadydoomedtodecline;andfromthemiscellaneousdisplaybehindthewindow-pane,andthebrevityofthesignsurmountingit(merely"BunnerSisters"inblotchygol
3、donablackground)itwouldhavebeendifficultfortheuninitiatedtoguesstheprecisenatureofthebusinesscarriedonwithin.Butthatwasoflittleconsequence,sinceitsfamewassopurelylocalthatthecustomersonwhomitsexistencedependedwerealmostcongenitallyawareoftheexactrangeof"goods"tobefoundatBunnerSister
4、s'.ThehouseofwhichBunnerSistershadannexedthebasementwasaprivatedwellingwithabrickfront,greenshuttersonweakhinges,andadress-maker'ssigninthewindowabovetheshop.Oneachsideofitsmodestthreestoriesstoodhigherbuildings,withfrontsofbrownstone,crackedandblistered,cast-ironbalconiesandcat-hau
5、ntedgrass-patchesbehindtwistedrailings.Thesehousestoohadoncebeenprivate,butnowacheaplunchroomfilledthebasementofone,whiletheotherannounceditself,abovetheknottywistariathatclaspeditscentralbalcony,astheMendozaFamilyHotel.Itwasobviousfromthechronicclusterofrefuse-barrelsatitsarea-gate
6、andtheblurredsurfaceofitscurtainlesswindows,thatthefamiliesfrequentingtheMendozaHotelwerenotexactingintheirtastes;thoughtheydoubtlessindulgedinasmuchfastidiousnessastheycouldaffordtopayfor,andrathermorethantheirlandlordthoughttheyhadarighttoexpress.Thesethreehousesfairlyexemplifiedt
7、hegeneralcharacterofthestreet,which,asitstretchedeastward,rapidlyfellfromshabbinesstosqualor,withanincreasingfrequencyofprojectingsign-boards,andofswingingdoorsthatsoftlyshutoropenedatthetouchofred-nosedmenandpalelittlegirlswithbrokenjugs.Themiddleofthestreetwasfullofirregulardepres
8、sions,welladaptedto
