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1、MEN'SWIVESMEN'SWIVESByWilliamMakepeaceThackeray1MEN'SWIVESCHAPTERI.WHICHISENTIRELYINTRODUCTORY-CONTAINSANACCOUNTOFMISSCRUMP,HERSUITORS,ANDHERFAMILYCIRCLE.InacertainquietandsequesterednookoftheretiredvillageofLondon-perhapsintheneighbourhoodofBerkeleySquare,oratanyrateso
2、mewherenearBurlingtonGardens--therewasonceahouseofentertainmentcalledthe"BootjackHotel."Mr.Crump,thelandlord,had,intheoutsetoflife,performedthedutiesofBootsinsomeinnevenmorefrequentedthanhisown,and,farfrombeingashamedofhisorigin,asmanypersonsareinthedaysoftheirprosperit
3、y,hadthussolemnlyrecordeditoverthehospitablegateofhishotel.CrumpmarriedMissBudge,sowellknowntotheadmirersofthefestivedanceontheothersideofthewaterasMissDelancy;andtheyhadonedaughter,namedMorgiana,afterthatcelebratedpartinthe"FortyThieves"whichMissBudgeperformedwithunbou
4、ndedapplausebothatthe"Surrey"and"TheWells."Mrs.Crumpsatinalittlebar,profuselyornamentedwithpicturesofthedancersofallages,fromHillisberg,Rose,Parisot,whopliedthelightfantastictoein1805,downtotheSylphidesofourday.Therewasinthecollectionacharmingportraitofherself,donebyDeW
5、ilde;shewasinthedressofMorgiana,andintheactofpouring,toveryslowmusic,aquantityofboilingoilintooneofthefortyjars.Inthissanctuaryshesat,withblackeyes,blackhair,apurplefaceandaturban,andmorning,noon,ornight,asyouwentintotheparlourofthehotel,therewasMrs.Crumptakingtea(witha
6、littlesomethinginit),lookingatthefashions,orreadingCumberland's"BritishTheatre."TheSundayTimeswasherpaper,forshevotedtheDispatch,thatjournalwhichistakeninbymostladiesofherprofession,tobevulgarandRadical,andlovedthetheatricalgossipinwhichtheothermentionedjournalabounds.2
7、MEN'SWIVESThefactis,thatthe"RoyalBootjack,"thoughahumble,wasaverygenteelhouse;andaverylittlepersuasionwouldinduceMr.Crump,ashelookedathisowndoorinthesun,totellyouthathehadhimselfoncedrawnoffwiththatverybootjackthetop-bootsofHisRoyalHighnessthePrinceofWalesandthefirstgen
8、tlemaninEurope.While,then,thehousesofentertainmentintheneighbourhoodwereloudintheirpretendedLiberalpolitics,th
