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1、THEEUROPEANSbyHENRYJAMESCHAPTERIAnarrowgrave-yardintheheartofabustling,indifferentcity,seenfromthewindowsofagloomy-lookinginn,isatnotimeanobjectofenliveningsuggestion;andthespectacleisnotatitsbestwhenthemouldytombstonesandfunerealumbragehavereceivedtheineffectualrefreshmento
2、fadull,moistsnow-fall.If,whiletheairisthickenedbythisfrostydrizzle,thecalendarshouldhappentoindicatethattheblessedvernalseasonisalreadysixweeksold,itwillbeadmittedthatnodepressinginfluenceisabsentfromthescene.Thisfactwaskeenlyfeltonacertain12thofMay,upwardsofthirtyyearssince
3、,byaladywhostoodlookingoutofoneofthewindowsofthebesthotelintheancientcityofBoston.Shehadstoodthereforhalfanhour--stoodthere,thatis,atintervals;forfromtimetotimesheturnedbackintotheroomandmeasureditslengthwitharestlessstep.Inthechimney-placewasared-hotfirewhichemittedasmallbl
4、ueflame;andinfrontofthefire,atatable,satayoungmanwhowasbusilyplyingapencil.Hehadanumberofsheetsofpapercutintosmallequalsquares,andhewasapparentlycoveringthemwithpictorialdesigns--strange-lookingfigures.Heworkedrapidlyandattentively,sometimesthrewbackhisheadandheldouthisdrawi
5、ngatarm's-length,andkeptupasoft,gay-soundinghummingandwhistling.Theladybrushedpasthiminherwalk;hermuch-trimmedskirtswerevoluminous.Sheneverdroppedhereyesuponhiswork;sheonlyturnedthem,occasionally,asshepassed,toamirrorsuspendedabovethetoilet-tableontheothersideoftheroom.Heres
6、hepausedamoment,gaveapinchtoherwaistwithhertwohands,orraisedthesemembers--theywereveryplumpandpretty--tothemultifoldbraidsofherhair,withamovementhalfcaressing,halfcorrective.Anattentiveobservermighthavefanciedthatduringtheseperiodsofdesultoryself-inspectionherfaceforgotitsme
7、lancholy;butassoonasshenearedthewindowagainitbegantoproclaimthatshewasaveryill-pleasedwoman.Andindeed,inwhatmethereyestherewaslittletobepleasedwith.Thewindow-paneswerebatteredbythesleet;thehead-stonesinthegrave-yardbeneathseemedtobeholdingthemselvesaskancetokeepitoutoftheirf
8、aces.Atallironrailingprotectedthemfromthestreet,andontheothersideoftheraili
