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1、TheManBetweenTheManBetweenANINTERNATIONALROMANCEByAMELIAE.BARR1TheManBetweenPARTFIRSTOLOVEWILLVENTUREIN!CHAPTERITHEthingthatIknowleastaboutismybeginning.ForitispossibletointroduceEthelRawdoninsomanypicturesquewaysthatthechoiceisembarrassing,andforcesmetotheconclusionthattheactual
2、circumstances,thoughcommonplace,maybethemostsuitable.Certainlytheeventsthatshapeourlivesareseldomusheredinwithpomporceremony;theystealuponusunannounced,andbegintheirworkwithoutgivinganypremonitionoftheirimportance.ConsequentlyEthelhadnoideawhenshereturnedhomeonenightfromaratherst
3、upidentertainmentthatshewasabouttoopenanewandimportantchapterofherlife.Hithertothatlifehadbeenoneofthesweetestandsimplestcharacter--thelessonsandsportsofchildhoodandgirlhoodhadclaimedhernineteenyears;andEthelwasjustatthatwonderfulagewhen,thebrookandtheriverhavingmet,shewasfeeling
4、thefirstswellofthoseirresistibletideswhichwouldcarryherdaybydaytothehavenofalldays.ItwasSaturdaynightintheJanuaryof1900,vergingtowardtwelveo'clock.Whensheenteredherroom,shesawthatoneofthewindowswasopen,andshestoodamomentortwoatit,lookingacrossthestraightmilesofwhitelights,inwhose
5、illuminedshadowsthousandsofsleeperswereholdingtheirlivesinpause."ItisnotNewYorkatall,"shewhispered,"itissomemagicalcitythatIhaveseen,buthavenevertrod.Itwillvanishaboutsixo'clockinthemorning,andtherewillbeonlycommonstreets,fullofcommonpeople.Ofcourse,"andheresheclosedthewindowandl
6、eisurelyremovedheroperacloak,"ofcourse,thisisonlydreaming,buttodreamwaking,orto2TheManBetweendreamsleeping,isverypleasant.Indreamswecanhavemenaswelikethem,andwomenaswewantthem,andmakealltheworldhappyandbeautiful."Shewasinnohurryoffeelingormovement.Shehadbeeninacrowdforsomehours,a
7、ndwasgladtobequitealoneandtalktoherselfalittle.Itwasalsosorestfultograduallyrelinquishalltherestraininggaudsoffashionableattire,andassheleisurelyperformedtheseduties,sheenteredintoconversationwithherownheart--talkedoverwithittheeventsofthepastweek,anddecidedthatitsfretlessdays,fu
8、llofgoodthings,hadbeen,fromthebeginningt
