The Woman in White《白衣女人》

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1、[TableofContents]Chapter1PREAMBLETHISisthestoryofwhataWoman'spatiencecanendure,andwhataMan'sresolutioncanachieve.IfthemachineryoftheLawcouldbedependedontofathomeverycaseofsuspicion,andtoconducteveryprocessofinquiry,withmoderateassistanceonlyfromthelubri

2、catinginfluencesofoilofgold,theeventswhichfillthesepagesmighthaveclaimedtheirshareofthepublicattentioninaCourtofJustice.ButtheLawisstill,incertaininevitablecases,thepre-engagedservantofthelongpurse;andthestoryislefttobetold,forthefirsttime,inthisplace.A

3、stheJudgemightoncehaveheardit,sotheReadershallhearitnow.Nocircumstanceofimportance,fromthebeginningtotheendofthedisclosure,shallberelatedonhearsayevidence.Whenthewriteroftheseintroductorylines(WalterHartrightbyname)happenstobemorecloselyconnectedthanoth

4、erswiththeincidentstoberecorded,hewillbethenarrator.Whennot,hewillretirefromthepositionofnarrator;andhistaskwillbecontinued,fromthepointatwhichhehasleftitoff,byotherpersonswhocanspeaktothecircumstancesundernoticefromtheirownknowledge,justasclearlyandpos

5、itivelyashehasspokenbeforethem.Thus,thestoryherepresentedwillbetoldbymorethanonepen,asthestoryofanoffenceagainstthelawsistoldinCourtbymorethanonewitness--withthesameobjectinbothcases,topresentthetruthalwaysinitsmostdirectandmostintelligibleaspect;andtot

6、racethecourseofonecompleteseriesofevents,bymakingthepersonswhohavebeenmostcloselyconnectedwiththem,ateachsuccessivestage,relatetheirownexperience,wordforword.LetWalterHartright,teacherofdrawing,agedtwenty-eightyears,beheardfirst.THESTORYBEGUNBYWALTERHAR

7、TRIGHT(ofClement'sinn,TeacherofDrawing)IItwasthelastdayofJuly.Thelonghotsummerwasdrawingtoaclose;andwe,thewearypilgrimsoftheLondonpavement,werebeginningtothinkofthecloud-shadowsonthecorn-fields,andtheautumnbreezesonthesea-shore.Formyownpoorpart,thefadin

8、gsummerleftmeoutofhealth,outofspirits,and,ifthetruthmustbetold,outofmoneyaswell.DuringthepastyearIhadnotmanagedmyprofessionalresourcesascarefullyasusual;andmyextravagancenowlimitedmetotheprospectofspendingtheautumneconomicallybet