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1、TheGardenPartyTheGardenPartyByKatherineMansfield1TheGardenParty1.ATTHEBAY.Chapter1.I.Veryearlymorning.Thesunwasnotyetrisen,andthewholeofCrescentBaywashiddenunderawhitesea-mist.Thebigbush-coveredhillsatthebackweresmothered.Youcouldnotseewheretheyendedandthepaddocksa
2、ndbungalowsbegan.Thesandyroadwasgoneandthepaddocksandbungalowstheothersideofit;therewerenowhitedunescoveredwithreddishgrassbeyondthem;therewasnothingtomarkwhichwasbeachandwherewasthesea.Aheavydewhadfallen.Thegrasswasblue.Bigdropshungonthebushesandjustdidnotfall;the
3、silvery,fluffytoi-toiwaslimponitslongstalks,andallthemarigoldsandthepinksinthebungalowgardenswerebowedtotheearthwithwetness.Drenchedwerethecoldfuchsias,roundpearlsofdewlayontheflatnasturtiumleaves.Itlookedasthoughtheseahadbeatenupsoftlyinthedarkness,asthoughoneimme
4、nsewavehadcomerippling,rippling--howfar?Perhapsifyouhadwakedupinthemiddleofthenightyoumighthaveseenabigfishflickinginatthewindowandgoneagain...Ah-Aah!soundedthesleepysea.Andfromthebushtherecamethesoundoflittlestreamsflowing,quickly,lightly,slippingbetweenthesmooths
5、tones,gushingintofernybasinsandoutagain;andtherewasthesplashingofbigdropsonlargeleaves,andsomethingelse--whatwasit?--afaintstirringandshaking,thesnappingofatwigandthensuchsilencethatitseemedsomeonewaslistening.RoundthecornerofCrescentBay,betweenthepiled-upmassesofb
6、rokenrock,aflockofsheepcamepattering.Theywerehuddledtogether,asmall,tossing,woollymass,andtheirthin,stick-likelegstrottedalongquicklyasifthecoldandthequiethadfrightenedthem.Behindthemanoldsheep-dog,hissoakingpawscoveredwithsand,ranalongwithhisnosetotheground,butcar
7、elessly,asifthinkingofsomethingelse.Andthenintherockygatewaytheshepherdhimselfappeared.Hewasalean,uprightoldman,inafriezecoatthatwas2TheGardenPartycoveredwithaweboftinydrops,velvettrouserstiedundertheknee,andawide-awakewithafoldedbluehandkerchiefroundthebrim.Onehan
8、dwascrammedintohisbelt,theothergraspedabeautifullysmoothyellowstick.Andashewalked,takinghistime,hekeptupaverysoftlightwhistling,anairy,far-awayfl
