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1、CousinPhillisbyElizabethGaskell(1863)PARTIItisagreatthingforaladwhenheisfirstturnedintotheindependenceoflodgings.IdonotthinkIeverwassosatisfiedandproudinmylifeaswhen,atseventeen,Isatedowninalittlethree-corneredroomaboveapastry-cook'sshopinthecountytownofEltham.
2、Myfatherhadleftmethatafternoon,afterdeliveringhimselfofafewplainprecepts,stronglyexpressed,formyguidanceinthenewcourseoflifeonwhichIwasentering.IwastobeaclerkundertheengineerwhohadundertakentomakethelittlebranchlinefromElthamtoHornby.Myfatherhadgotmethissituati
3、on,whichwasinapositionratherabovehisowninlife;orperhapsIshouldsay,abovethestationinwhichhewasbornandbred;forhewasraisinghimselfeveryyearinmen'sconsiderationandrespect.Hewasamechanicbytrade,buthehadsomeinventivegenius,andagreatdealofperseverance,andhaddevisedsev
4、eralvaluableimprovementsinrailwaymachinery.Hedidnotdothisforprofit,though,aswasreasonable,whatcameinthenaturalcourseofthingswasacceptable;heworkedouthisideas,because,ashesaid,'untilhecouldputthemintoshape,theyplaguedhimbynightandbyday.'Butthisisenoughaboutmydea
5、rfather;itisagoodthingforacountrywheretherearemanylikehim.HewasasturdyIndependentbydescentandconviction;andthisitwas,Ibelieve,whichmadehimplacemeinthelodgingsatthepastry-cook's.Theshopwaskeptbythetwosistersofourministerathome;andthiswasconsideredasasortofsafegu
6、ardtomymorals,whenIwasturnedlooseuponthetemptationsofthecountytown,withasalaryofthirtypoundsayear.Myfatherhadgivenuptwopreciousdays,andputonhisSundayclothes,inordertobringmetoEltham,andaccompanymefirsttotheoffice,tointroducemetomynewmaster(whowasundersomeobliga
7、tionstomyfatherforasuggestion),andnexttotakemetocallontheIndependentministerofthelittlecongregationatEltham.Andthenheleftme;andthoughsorrytopartwithhim,Inowbegantotastewithrelishthepleasureofbeingmyownmaster.Iunpackedthehamperthatmymotherhadprovidedmewith,andsm
8、eltthepotsofpreservewithallthedelightofapossessorwhomightbreakintotheircontentsatanytimehepleased.Ihandledandweighedinmyfancythehome-curedham,whichseemedtopromisemeintermina
