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1、TheAmericanbyHenryJamesCHAPTERIOnabrilliantdayinMay,intheyear1868,agentlemanwasrecliningathiseaseonthegreatcirculardivanwhichatthatperiodoccupiedthecentreoftheSalonCarre,intheMuseumoftheLouvre.Thiscommodiousottomanhassincebeenremoved,totheextremeregretofallweak-kneedloversofthefinearts,b
2、utthegentlemaninquestionhadtakenserenepossessionofitssoftestspot,and,withhisheadthrownbackandhislegsoutstretched,wasstaringatMurillo'sbeautifulmoon-borneMadonnainprofoundenjoymentofhisposture.Hehadremovedhishat,andflungdownbesidehimalittleredguide-bookandanopera-glass.Thedaywaswarm;hewas
3、heatedwithwalking,andherepeatedlypassedhishandkerchiefoverhisforehead,withasomewhatweariedgesture.Andyethewasevidentlynotamantowhomfatiguewasfamiliar;long,lean,andmuscular,hesuggestedthesortofvigorthatiscommonlyknownas"toughness."Buthisexertionsonthisparticulardayhadbeenofanunwontedsort,
4、andhehadperformedgreatphysicalfeatswhichlefthimlessjadedthanhistranquilstrollthroughtheLouvre.HehadlookedoutallthepicturestowhichanasteriskwasaffixedinthoseformidablepagesoffineprintinhisBadeker;hisattentionhadbeenstrainedandhiseyesdazzled,andhehadsatdownwithanaestheticheadache.Hehadlook
5、ed,moreover,notonlyatallthepictures,butatallthecopiesthatweregoingforwardaroundthem,inthehandsofthoseinnumerableyoungwomeninirreproachabletoiletswhodevotethemselves,inFrance,tothepropagationofmasterpieces,andifthetruthmustbetold,hehadoftenadmiredthecopymuchmorethantheoriginal.Hisphysiogn
6、omywouldhavesufficientlyindicatedthathewasashrewdandcapablefellow,andintruthhehadoftensatupallnightoverabristlingbundleofaccounts,andheardthecockcrowwithoutayawn.ButRaphaelandTitianandRubenswereanewkindofarithmetic,andtheyinspiredourfriend,forthefirsttimeinhislife,withavagueself-mistrust
7、.Anobserverwithanythingofaneyefornationaltypeswouldhavehadnodifficultyindeterminingthelocaloriginofthisundevelopedconnoisseur,andindeedsuchanobservermighthavefeltacertainhumorousrelishofthealmostidealcompletenesswithwhichhefilledoutthenationalmould.Thegentlemanonthedivanw
