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1、SUMMERbyEdithWhartonIAgirlcameoutoflawyerRoyall'shouse,attheendoftheonestreetofNorthDormer,andstoodonthedoorstep.ItwasthebeginningofaJuneafternoon.Thespringliketransparentskyshedarainofsilversunshineontheroofsofthevillage,andonthepasturesandlarchwoodss
2、urroundingit.Alittlewindmovedamongtheroundwhitecloudsontheshouldersofthehills,drivingtheirshadowsacrossthefieldsanddownthegrassyroadthattakesthenameofstreetwhenitpassesthroughNorthDormer.Theplacelieshighandintheopen,andlacksthelavishshadeofthemoreprote
3、ctedNewEnglandvillages.Theclumpofweeping-willowsabouttheduckpond,andtheNorwaysprucesinfrontoftheHatchardgate,castalmosttheonlyroadsideshadowbetweenlawyerRoyall'shouseandthepointwhere,attheotherendofthevillage,theroadrisesabovethechurchandskirtstheblack
4、hemlockwallenclosingthecemetery.ThelittleJunewind,friskingdownthestreet,shookthedolefulfringesoftheHatchardspruces,caughtthestrawhatofayoungmanjustpassingunderthem,andspunitcleanacrosstheroadintotheduck-pond.AsherantofishitoutthegirlonlawyerRoyall'sdoo
5、rstepnoticedthathewasastranger,thatheworecityclothes,andthathewaslaughingwithallhisteeth,astheyoungandcarelesslaughatsuchmishaps.Herheartcontractedalittle,andtheshrinkingthatsometimescameoverherwhenshesawpeoplewithholidayfacesmadeherdrawbackintothehous
6、eandpretendtolookforthekeythatsheknewshehadalreadyputintoherpocket.Anarrowgreenishmirrorwithagilteagleoverithungonthepassagewall,andshelookedcriticallyatherreflection,wishedforthethousandthtimethatshehadblueeyeslikeAnnabelBalch,thegirlwhosometimescamef
7、romSpringfieldtospendaweekwitholdMissHatchard,straightenedthesunburnthatoverhersmallswarthyface,andturnedoutagainintothesunshine."HowIhateeverything!"shemurmured.TheyoungmanhadpassedthroughtheHatchardgate,andshehadthestreettoherself.NorthDormerisatallt
8、imesanemptyplace,andatthreeo'clockonaJuneafternoonitsfewable-bodiedmenareoffinthefieldsorwoods,andthewomenindoors,engagedinlanguidhouseholddrudgery.Thegirlwalkedalong,swingingherkeyonafinger,andlookingaboutherwiththeheightenedattentionp
