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1、TheTurnoftheScrewbyHenryJamesThestoryhadheldus,roundthefire,sufficientlybreathless,butexcepttheobviousremarkthatitwasgruesome,as,onChristmasEveinanoldhouse,astrangetaleshouldessentiallybe,Iremembernocommentutteredtillsomebodyhappenedtosaythatitwastheonlycasehehadmetinwhichsuchavisit
2、ationhadfallenonachild.Thecase,Imaymention,wasthatofanapparitioninjustsuchanoldhouseashadgatheredusfortheoccasion--anappearance,ofadreadfulkind,toalittleboysleepingintheroomwithhismotherandwakingherupintheterrorofit;wakinghernottodissipatehisdreadandsoothehimtosleepagain,buttoencoun
3、teralso,herself,beforeshehadsucceededindoingso,thesamesightthathadshakenhim.ItwasthisobservationthatdrewfromDouglas--notimmediately,butlaterintheevening--areplythathadtheinterestingconsequencetowhichIcallattention.Someoneelsetoldastorynotparticularlyeffective,whichIsawhewasnotfollow
4、ing.ThisItookforasignthathehadhimselfsomethingtoproduceandthatweshouldonlyhavetowait.Wewaitedinfacttilltwonightslater;butthatsameevening,beforewescattered,hebroughtoutwhatwasinhismind."Iquiteagree--inregardtoGriffin'sghost,orwhateveritwas--thatitsappearingfirsttothelittleboy,atsoten
5、deranage,addsaparticulartouch.Butit'snotthefirstoccurrenceofitscharmingkindthatIknowtohaveinvolvedachild.Ifthechildgivestheeffectanotherturnofthescrew,whatdoyousaytoTWOchildren--?""Wesay,ofcourse,"somebodyexclaimed,"thattheygivetwoturns!Alsothatwewanttohearaboutthem."IcanseeDouglast
6、herebeforethefire,towhichhehadgotuptopresenthisback,lookingdownathisinterlocutorwithhishandsinhispockets."Nobodybutme,tillnow,haseverheard.It'squitetoohorrible."This,naturally,wasdeclaredbyseveralvoicestogivethethingtheutmostprice,andourfriend,withquietart,preparedhistriumphbyturnin
7、ghiseyesovertherestofusandgoingon:"It'sbeyondeverything.NothingatallthatIknowtouchesit.""Forsheerterror?"Irememberasking.Heseemedtosayitwasnotsosimpleasthat;tobereallyatalosshowtoqualifyit.Hepassedhishandoverhiseyes,madealittlewincinggrimace."Fordreadful--dreadfulness!""Oh,howdelici
8、ous!"criedoneofthew
