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1、CROMEYELLOWCROMEYELLOWByALDOUSHUXLEY1CROMEYELLOWCHAPTERI.Alongthisparticularstretchoflinenoexpresshadeverpassed.Allthetrains--thefewthattherewere--stoppedatallthestations.Denisknewthenamesofthosestationsbyheart.Bole,Tritton,SpavinDelawarr,KnipswichforTimpany,WestBowlby,and,finally,Cam
2、let-on-the-Water.Camletwaswherehealwaysgotout,leavingthetraintocreepindolentlyonward,goodnessonlyknewwhither,intothegreenheartofEngland.TheyweresnortingoutofWestBowlbynow.Itwasthenextstation,thankHeaven.Denistookhischattelsofftherackandpiledthemneatlyinthecorneroppositehisown.Afutilep
3、roceeding.Butonemusthavesomethingtodo.Whenhehadfinished,hesankbackintohisseatandclosedhiseyes.Itwasextremelyhot.Oh,thisjourney!Itwastwohourscutcleanoutofhislife;twohoursinwhichhemighthavedonesomuch,somuch--writtentheperfectpoem,forexample,orreadtheoneilluminatingbook.Insteadofwhich--h
4、isgorgeroseatthesmellofthedustycushionsagainstwhichhewasleaning.Twohours.Onehundredandtwentyminutes.Anythingmightbedoneinthattime.Anything.Nothing.Oh,hehadhadhundredsofhours,andwhathadhedonewiththem?Wastedthem,spiltthepreciousminutesasthoughhisreservoirwereinexhaustible.Denisgroanedin
5、thespirit,condemnedhimselfutterlywithallhisworks.Whatrighthadhetositinthesunshine,tooccupycornerseatsinthird-classcarriages,tobealive?None,none,none.Miseryandanamelessnostalgicdistresspossessedhim.Hewastwenty-three,andoh!soagonizinglyconsciousofthefact.Thetraincamebumpinglytoahalt.Her
6、ewasCamletatlast.Denisjumpedup,crammedhishatoverhiseyes,derangedhispileofbaggage,leanedoutofthewindowandshoutedforaporter,seizedabagineitherhand,andhadtoputthemdownagaininordertoopenthedoor.Whenatlasthehadsafelybundledhimselfandhisbaggageontotheplatform,heranupthetraintowardsthevan."A
7、bicycle,abicycle!"hesaidbreathlesslytotheguard.Hefelthimselfamanofaction.Theguardpaidnoattention,butcontinued2CROMEYELLOWmethodicallytohandout,onebyone,thepackageslabelledtoCamlet."Abicycle!"Denisrepeated."Agreenmachine,cross-framed,nameofStone.S-T-O-N-E.""Allingoodtime,sir,"saidthegu
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