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1、更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgTOBEREADATDUSKTOBEREADATDUSKbyCharlesDickens1更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgTOBEREADATDUSKOne,two,three,four,five.Therewerefiveofthem.Fivecouriers,sittingonabenchoutsidetheconventonthesummitoftheGreatSt.BernardinSwitzerland,lookingattheremoteheights,stainedbythesettingsunasifamighty
2、quantityofredwinehadbeenbroacheduponthemountaintop,andhadnotyethadtimetosinkintothesnow.Thisisnotmysimile.Itwasmadefortheoccasionbythestoutestcourier,whowasaGerman.Noneoftheotherstookanymorenoticeofitthantheytookofme,sittingonanotherbenchontheothersideoftheconventdoor,smokingmycigar,liketh
3、em,and-alsolikethem-lookingatthereddenedsnow,andatthelonelyshedhardby,wherethebodiesofbelatedtravellers,dugoutofit,slowlywitheraway,knowingnocorruptioninthatcoldregion.Thewineuponthemountaintopsoakedinaswelooked;themountainbecamewhite;thesky,averydarkblue;thewindrose;andtheairturnedpiercin
4、gcold.Thefivecouriersbuttonedtheirroughcoats.Therebeingnosafermantoimitateinallsuchproceedingsthanacourier,Ibuttonedmine.Themountaininthesunsethadstoppedthefivecouriersinaconversation.Itisasublimesight,likelytostopconversation.Themountainbeingnowoutofthesunset,theyresumed.NotthatIhadhearda
5、nypartoftheirpreviousdiscourse;forindeed,IhadnotthenbrokenawayfromtheAmericangentleman,inthetravellers'parlouroftheconvent,who,sittingwithhisfacetothefire,hadundertakentorealisetomethewholeprogressofeventswhichhadledtotheaccumulationbytheHonourableAnaniasDodgerofoneofthelargestacquisitions
6、ofdollarsevermadeinourcountry.'MyGod!'saidtheSwisscourier,speakinginFrench,whichIdonothold(assomeauthorsappeartodo)tobesuchanall-sufficientexcuseforanaughtyword,thatIhaveonlytowriteitinthatlanguagetomakeitinnocent;'ifyoutalkofghosts-''ButIDON'Ttalkofghosts,'saidtheGerman.'Ofwhatthen?'asked
7、theSwiss.2更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgTOBEREADATDUSK'IfIknewofwhatthen,'saidtheGerman,'Ishouldprobablyknowagreatdealmore.'Itwasagoodanswer,Ithought,anditmademecurious.So,Imovedmypositiontothatcornerofmybenchwhichwasnearesttothem,andleaningmybackagainsttheconventwall,he
