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1、HOLIDAYROMANCEHOLIDAYROMANCE-INFOURPARTSByCharlesDickens1HOLIDAYROMANCEPARTI-INTRODUCTORYROMANCEPROMTHEPENOFWILLIAMTINKLING,ESQ.(Agedeight.)THISbeginning-partisnotmadeoutofanybody'shead,youknow.It'sreal.Youmustbelievethisbeginning-partmorethanwhatcomesafter,elseyouwon'tunderstandhowwhatcomesaf
2、tercametobewritten.Youmustbelieveitall;butyoumustbelievethismost,please.Iamtheeditorofit.BobRedforth(he'smycousin,andshakingthetableonpurpose)wantedtobetheeditorofit;butIsaidheshouldn'tbecausehecouldn't.HEhasnoideaofbeinganeditor.NettieAshfordismybride.Weweremarriedintheright-handclosetintheco
3、rnerofthedancing-school,wherefirstwemet,witharing(agreenone)fromWilkingwater'stoy-shop.Iowedforitoutofmypocket-money.Whentherapturousceremonywasover,weallfourwentupthelaneandletoffacannon(broughtloadedinBobRedforth'swaistcoat-pocket)toannounceournuptials.Itflewrightupwhenitwentoff,andturnedove
4、r.Nextday,Lieut.-Col.RobinRedforthwasunited,withsimilarceremonies,toAliceRainbird.Thistimethecannonburstwithamostterrificexplosion,andmadeapuppybark.Mypeerlessbridewas,attheperiodofwhichwenowtreat,incaptivityatMissGrimmer's.DrowveyandGrimmeristhepartnership,andopinionisdividedwhichisthegreates
5、tbeast.Thelovelybrideofthecolonelwasalsoimmuredinthedungeonsofthesameestablishment.Avowwasenteredinto,betweenthecolonelandmyself,thatwewouldcutthemoutonthefollowingWednesdaywhenwalkingtwoandtwo.Underthedesperatecircumstancesofthecase,theactivebrainofthecolonel,combiningwithhislawlesspursuit(he
6、isapirate),suggestedanattackwithfireworks.This,however,frommotivesofhumanity,wasabandonedastooexpensive.2HOLIDAYROMANCELightlyarmedwithapaper-knifebuttonedupunderhisjacket,andwavingthedreadedblackflagattheendofacane,thecoloneltookcommandofmeattwoP.M.ontheeventfulandappointedday.Hehaddrawnoutth
7、eplanofattackonapieceofpaper,whichwasrolleduproundahoop-stick.Heshowedittome.Mypositionandmyfull-lengthportrait(butmyrealearsdon'tstickouthorizontal)wasbehindacornerlamp-post,withwrittenorderstoremaintheretillIshouldseeMissDrowveyfall.T
